Lac des Collerettes, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac des Collerettes lies in Côte-Nord, in Quebec. Land around it is spruce and muskeg. Surface area is around 15 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 1.9 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Nearest place of any size is Godefroy, 79 km away. Port-Cartier is 206 km and Saint-Alexandre 206 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Collerettes

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Côte-Nord include logperch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac des Collerettes the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 14°C and January at -21°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Count the season from break-up, usually mid May. The lid tends to go about mid May and return around early November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Anyone fishing Lac des Collerettes regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. 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. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac du Guide at 2.6 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac des Collerettes in particular, ask before you travel.