Lac Dihourse Fishing in Quebec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Dihourse lies within the bounds of Quebec. The water sits 422 metres up. This is big water, about 37.67 sq km, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. The perimeter is close to 123 km, and wind can be flat in one arm and rough in the next. Few waters listed in Quebec are bigger. Supplies mean a trip to Nain, 161 km off. Kuujjuaq lies 308 km off, Sheshatshiu another 419 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dihourse

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Work Lac Dihourse in sections rather than trying to cover it. Small baits catch more; large baits catch bigger.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 11°C at the top of summer and -23°C at the bottom of winter. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Ice-out usually falls in early June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about early June and the closing near late October. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lac Dihourse runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lac Pelland at 26 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac Dihourse should be assumed from this page alone.