Fishing Lac des Spores in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Spores sits in Côte-Nord, out in Quebec. The country here is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The edge runs 1.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Godefroy lies 138 km from the water. It is 291 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Spores

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac des Spores responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for July and -21°C for January. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from mid May until about early November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Lac des Spores runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Lac des Mulls at 1.1 km is the nearest alternative. Where Lac des Spores is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.