Lac de la Table Fishing near Baie-Comeau, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Table lies in Côte-Nord, in Quebec. The shore lies 5 km out. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. A shoreline of some 1.6 km keeps the choices simple. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Supplies mean a trip to Baie-Comeau, 51 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 282 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Table

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Côte-Nord: logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Lac de la Table where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -13°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. At Lac de la Table the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Petit lac de la Table is 0.3 km distant. Treat Lac de la Table as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.