Lac de la Poignee de Terre Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Lac de la Poignee de Terre is a Quebec water. It sits at 595 metres above sea level. With some 17 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 2.0 km in total. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Nearest place of any size is Sept-Îles, 96 km away. Then Port-Cartier, 96 km, and Saint-Alexandre, 98 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Poignee de Terre

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Read Lac de la Poignee de Terre before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 14°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about mid May to early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan around that when you fish Lac de la Poignee de Terre.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Lac Bezeau is 3.4 km off. Treat Lac de la Poignee de Terre as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.