Lac Cordier Fishing Guide, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Cordier in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. Elevation runs to 252 metres. About 4.23 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. At about 26 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. Nearest place of any size is Kuujjuaq, 174 km away. Nain follows at 402 km, then Labrador City at 410 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cordier

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Cordier the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 12°C and January near -25°C on the long-run figures. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Winter locks it down, and early June brings it back. Open water usually runs from early June until about late October. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Lac Cordier more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Petit lac Mistamisk is 5.8 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Cordier for certain.