Fishing Lac Collerot in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Collerot in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Côte-Nord list holds plenty of bigger water. Port-Cartier sits 26 km from here and is the nearest stop. Saint-Alexandre is 26 km and Sept-Îles 60 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Collerot

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Collerot rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -17°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Collerot regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac a Pit-Dion is 1.4 km off. Check the position on Lac Collerot before loading the car.