Lac des Pistes Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Lac des Pistes is a Quebec water. Elevation runs to 399 metres. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 1.3 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest place of any size is Hauterive, 118 km away. Baie-Comeau lies 120 km off, Chute-aux-Outardes another 122 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Pistes

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lac des Pistes where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 15°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. On average, mid May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lac des Pistes the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Bonneau is 3.3 km off. For Lac des Pistes in particular, ask before you travel.