Lac des Monts Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Monts sits in Côte-Nord, out in Quebec. The water sits 482 metres up. At 1.97 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The edge covers about 11 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Few waters listed in Côte-Nord are bigger. Forestville is the closest town at 84 km. Saguenay is the closest city, 100 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Monts

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lac des Monts gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -18°C for January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac des Monts that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Lime is 1.8 km off. Nothing on Lac des Monts should be assumed from this page alone.