Lac de l'Aveline Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac de l'Aveline in Côte-Nord, Quebec. What surrounds it is boreal forest. On water this small, stealth matters more than range. It is a small entry by Côte-Nord standards. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Honoré, 82 km away. Then Saint-Fulgence, 84 km, and Saint-Ambroise, 92 km. Round about: Lac de l'Omble 0.5 km away, Lac de l'Ocelot at about 1 km, Lac du Nourrain 1 km away, Lac du Marsouin at about 1.5 km and Lac Hoyt 1.6 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Aveline

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Take Lac de l'Aveline a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac de l'Aveline rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. 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. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac de l'Omble, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lac de l'Aveline is worth confirming on the day.