Fishing Lac des Courants Verts in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Côte-Nord, Quebec, you have Lac des Courants Verts. Elevation runs to 583 metres. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. For a base, Forestville sits 95 km out. Saguenay sits 113 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Courants Verts

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Côte-Nord include logperch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac des Courants Verts fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 16°C; by January the average is down near -19°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about mid May through to roughly mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Lac des Courants Verts follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lac Hal, 0.7 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac des Courants Verts for certain.