Lac des Cent Mille Pieges Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Cent Mille Pieges is one of the Côte-Nord waters in Quebec. It lies 589 metres above sea level. Around 12 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The full circuit measures close to 2.0 km on foot. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Nearest place of any size is Sept-Îles, 97 km away. Beyond it, Port-Cartier at 103 km and Maliotenam at 104 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Cent Mille Pieges

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. County-wide records name logperch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Fish Lac des Cent Mille Pieges to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 14°C; by January the average is down near -20°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Break-up comes around mid May, and the run that follows is short and strong. From about mid May to around early November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac des Cent Mille Pieges fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac a Tout Venant, 2.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac des Cent Mille Pieges if anything is unclear.