Lac des Bleuets, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Côte-Nord in Quebec is where Lac des Bleuets sits. It sits at 390 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Côte-Nord are larger. You are 49 km from Forestville. Saguenay sits 131 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Bleuets

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac des Bleuets gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 16°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. At Lac des Bleuets the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Atlas at 1.1 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Lac des Bleuets locally before you travel.