Lac du Quota in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Quota in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The country round it is taiga from end to end. Roughly 18 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 2.1 km, small enough to learn in a day. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Start from Saint-Honoré, 106 km down the road. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 117 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Quota

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lac du Quota the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 15°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about early November in an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac du Quota runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Main Gauche is 0.8 km off. Treat Lac du Quota as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.