Fishing Lac Chasse in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Chasse is a Côte-Nord water, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 462 metres. Forestville sits 48 km from the bank. It is 139 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. Nearest other option: Lac a l'Aigle about 1.4 km, Lac Caron within 1.5 km, Petit lac a l'Aigle about 2.2 km, Lac Theo within 2.3 km and Lac Therrien about 2.7 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Chasse

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The near bank of Lac Chasse is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -18°C on the long-run figures. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Lac Chasse.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac a l'Aigle, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Chasse for certain.