Lac Desgenettes Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Desgenettes is a Côte-Nord water, in Quebec. The country round it is spruce and muskeg from end to end. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Head to Labrador City, 192 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Saguenay, 684 km distant. Also within reach: Lac Dessoles 13 km away, Lac Larrey some 16 km off, Lac Delornieu 18 km away, Lac Denon some 19 km off and Lac Malapart 21 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Desgenettes

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac Desgenettes a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -25°C to 13°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. After late May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near late May, freeze-up near late October: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac Desgenettes rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Dessoles, 13 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Lac Desgenettes locally before you travel.