Lac Dagneau Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Quebec, this is Lac Dagneau. It sits 10 km in from the sea. At 1.63 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. At about 20 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Port-Cartier lies 16 km from the water. Further out sit Saint-Alexandre (16 km) and Sept-Îles (54 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dagneau

  Depth is not on record here, 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. Reported across Côte-Nord: logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Dagneau fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -16°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac Dagneau rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Crue de Printemps is 2.4 km off. Treat access at Lac Dagneau as something to verify.