Lac Chouinard in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Côte-Nord, Quebec, you have Lac Chouinard. Around the bank it is lake country bush. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Côte-Nord list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Hauterive, 9.3 km away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit Baie-Comeau (12 km) and Chute-aux-Outardes (14 km). The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Chouinard

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Côte-Nord include logperch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Treat Lac Chouinard as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 17°C in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early May to about late November in an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Time your trip to Lac Chouinard by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac du Gibier at 1.8 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Lac Chouinard as something to verify.