Lac des Garrots in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Côte-Nord, Quebec, is where Lac des Garrots sits. It stands 110 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. The closest town, Havre-Saint-Pierre, is 90 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 497 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Garrots

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Lac des Garrots repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 15°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac des Garrots fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac de la Couture at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position at Lac des Garrots before loading the car.