Fishing at Lac Cric, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Côte-Nord, Quebec, you have Lac Cric. This is spruce and muskeg country. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Côte-Nord are larger. You are 63 km from Forestville. Betsiamites is 68 km and Chute-aux-Outardes 78 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cric

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac Cric the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Cric.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Tonton, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Cric in particular, ask before you travel.