Lac des Plongeurs Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Plongeurs is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. The bank is 520 metres above sea level. Roughly 28 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 3.1 km in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. For supplies, Forestville is 71 km out. Les Escoumins is 90 km and Betsiamites 92 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Plongeurs

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Lac des Plongeurs for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -18°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac des Plongeurs regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lac Domi, 1.5 km away. What applies at Lac des Plongeurs may have changed since it was mapped.