Fishing Lac Dupret in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Dupret is listed under Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. It sits at 424 metres above sea level. With some 32 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 4.4 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Most waters listed here for Nord-du-Québec are larger. Supplies mean a trip to Chibougamau, 62 km off. Then Chapais, 87 km, and Mistissini, 96 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dupret

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Nord-du-Québec records list Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac Dupret the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -19°C for January. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac Dupret.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Gan, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac Dupret as something to verify.