Fishing Lac de Javel in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de Javel sits within Côte-Nord in Quebec. Height above sea level is 576 metres. Surface area runs to about 7 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. The nearest town is Forestville, 83 km away. Saint-Fulgence is 83 km and Saint-Honoré 86 km. Other water nearby: Lac Jocko at 1.1 km, Lac Bastien 1.3 km, Lac de l'Obit at 1.4 km, Lac du Grebe 1.6 km and Lac Robert-Picard at 1.9 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac de Javel

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Lac de Javel is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Lac de Javel around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Jocko is 1.1 km off. For Lac de Javel, the notice at the access point is the final word.