Lac des Orees Fishing near Port-Cartier, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac des Orees belongs to Côte-Nord. Height above sea level is 248 metres. Roughly 11 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Roughly 1.6 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The town to know is Port-Cartier, 27 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 346 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Orees

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac des Orees decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 15°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Expect Lac des Orees to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Agency, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac des Orees as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.