Fishing Lac Coudret in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Côte-Nord, Quebec, sits Lac Coudret. Height above sea level is 345 metres. Roughly 4.12 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 19 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Few waters listed in Côte-Nord are bigger. Some 237 km away sits Kuujjuaq, the nearest settlement. Labrador City lies 345 km off, Wabush another 351 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Coudret

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Fish Lac Coudret to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 12°C, while January sits near -25°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Count the season from break-up, usually late May. Open water usually runs from late May until about late October. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lac Coudret follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. 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. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Lac Dantin at 4 km is the nearest alternative. Signs at Lac Coudret carry more weight than any list.