Lac du Corbeau Fishing near Hauterive, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Corbeau is a Côte-Nord water, Quebec side. The land about it is spruce and muskeg. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Côte-Nord are larger. Hauterive sits 36 km from the bank. For a city, Saguenay is 214 km off. Close by you also have: Lac Tetras some 0.8 km off, Lac Savane 1.4 km away, Lac de la Dalle some 2.6 km off, Lac la Passe 5.5 km away and Lac Burn some 6 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Corbeau

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lac du Corbeau gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. 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. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Lac du Corbeau rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Tetras at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position on Lac du Corbeau before loading the car.