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

• Overview

  Lac du Taon belongs to Côte-Nord, Quebec. Around the bank it is boreal forest. Around 12 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Bank access stretches around 2.0 km in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Saint-Honoré at 100 km is the nearest place to stop. Then Saint-Fulgence, 100 km, and Forestville, 101 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Taon

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Lac du Taon where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 16°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about early November in a typical year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac du Taon fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac la Fleche at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Lac du Taon are worth checking on the day.