Lac de la Baie de la Tour in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord entry here is Lac de la Baie de la Tour, in Quebec. It sits in rolling bush country. Roughly 21 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 2.2 km of margin, front to back. Nearest town is Havre-Saint-Pierre, 116 km off. Further out sit Gaspé (166 km) and Perce (177 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Baie de la Tour

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Being tidal, the water moves twice a day, and the fishing moves with it. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac de la Baie de la Tour to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -12°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near late November in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Lac de la Baie de la Tour fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. A camping area sits within 250 m of here. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac Noir is 1.8 km off. What applies at Lac de la Baie de la Tour may have changed since it was mapped.