Lac du Transit Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Transit falls inside Côte-Nord. It sits at 465 metres above sea level. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Supplies mean a trip to Forestville, 89 km off. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 115 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Transit

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Take Lac du Transit a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -18°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac du Transit follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac en Arriere, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac du Transit are worth checking on the day.