Lac du Canot Fishing near Port-Cartier, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Canot is one of the Côte-Nord waters in Quebec. Height above sea level is 230 metres. At about 78 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 4.8 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Port-Cartier is the closest place, 29 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 327 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Canot

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Lac du Canot decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 16°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Lac du Canot by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Lac Lapointe at 1.1 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position on Lac du Canot before loading the car.