Lac Damours Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Damours, in Côte-Nord. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. It measures some 2.35 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. The edge covers about 13 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Few waters listed in Côte-Nord are bigger. Labrador City is the closest place, 226 km off. Saguenay is the closest city, 746 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Damours

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lac Damours to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 12°C at the top of summer and -25°C at the bottom of winter. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early June. Break-up sits around early June on average, with the water closing again about late October. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Damours fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. 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. The nearest alternative is Lac Doppet, 6.8 km out. Check the position at Lac Damours before loading the car.