Lac des Chomeurs Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Chomeurs is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. Tidal water begins 20 km from here. Head to Port-Cartier, 23 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 340 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. Also on the doorstep: Lac Valmont out at 1.9 km, Lac a Pit-Dion 2.9 km away, Lac du Moucherolle out at 3.4 km, Lac Theriault 3.5 km away and Lac Brunelle out at 3.6 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Chomeurs

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac des Chomeurs rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -16°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac des Chomeurs rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Valmont is 1.9 km off. Rules at Lac des Chomeurs are worth checking on the day.