Lac Chisholm Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord entry here is Lac Chisholm, in Quebec. The surroundings are taiga. The water covers around 1.10 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. There is roughly 13 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Some 52 km away sits Port-Cartier, the nearest settlement. Saint-Alexandre is 52 km and Sept-Îles 70 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Chisholm

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lac Chisholm to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 14°C and January near -19°C on the long-run figures. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Break-up comes around mid May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid May in spring and again near early November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Chisholm fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Look for a notice board at the entrance. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac David at 2.7 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Lac Chisholm locally before you travel.