Fishing Lac du Petit Chien in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Petit Chien is listed under Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. Elevation runs to 409 metres. This is sizeable water at about 2.20 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. At about 13 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Chibougamau at 67 km is the nearest place to stop. Then Chapais, 86 km, and Mistissini, 107 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Petit Chien

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Nord-du-Québec list Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac du Petit Chien the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 16°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac du Petit Chien that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lac Herme, 1.2 km away. Rules at Lac du Petit Chien are worth checking on the day.