Fishing at Lac Clarentin, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord entry here is Lac Clarentin, in Quebec. The bank is 49 metres above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 1.50 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. Around 5.1 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Saint-Augustin at 71 km is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Humber Arm South (218 km) and Irishtown-Summerside (225 km). No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Clarentin

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Clarentin where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 15°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. At Lac Clarentin the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Leveque at 7.4 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Lac Clarentin as something to verify.