Fishing Lac des Fruitages in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac des Fruitages falls inside Côte-Nord. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. At 7 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. The closest town, Port-Cartier, is 32 km distant. After that come Saint-Alexandre at 33 km and Sept-Îles at 65 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Fruitages

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Fish Lac des Fruitages where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -17°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lac des Fruitages runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac Decoeur, 0.7 km away. The position on Lac des Fruitages is worth confirming on the day.