Fishing Lac de la Misere in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Misere is listed under Côte-Nord, Quebec. Everything around it is boreal forest. Start from Baie-Comeau, 48 km down the road. For a city, Saguenay is 263 km off. Not far off: Lac Dion at 1.5 km, Lac Saint-Paul 2 km off, Lac Pat at 2.2 km, Etang Gilbert 3.4 km off and Lac a l'Ile at 3.4 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Misere

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. The county list is broader than any single water. The shape of Lac de la Misere decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 16°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lac de la Misere that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Dion, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac de la Misere in particular, ask before you travel.