Fishing at Lac de l'Aloyau, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac de l'Aloyau, in Côte-Nord. Height above sea level is 523 metres. Roughly 43 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 4.1 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. The town to know is Saint-Honoré, 98 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 109 km off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Aloyau

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Take Lac de l'Aloyau a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid May. Climate averages put the opening at about mid May and the closing near early November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac de l'Aloyau.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Roy, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac de l'Aloyau.