Lac de la Vermine Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Vermine sits within Côte-Nord in Quebec. Height above sea level is 560 metres. At about 16 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.6 km, and most of it is walkable. It is high ground by Quebec standards. The nearest place of any size is Port-Cartier, 78 km away. Saguenay sits 361 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Vermine

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac de la Vermine light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 14°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid May. On average, mid May opens the water and early November closes it again. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac de la Vermine runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac Rabady, 0.8 km away. What applies at Lac de la Vermine may have changed since it was mapped.