Lac Fauves, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Fauves is a Côte-Nord water, Quebec side. The country round it is taiga from end to end. It measures some 1.51 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. With 9.8 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Labrador City lies 220 km from the water. Then Wabush, 226 km, and Fermont, 238 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fauves

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The near bank of Lac Fauves is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -24°C in January up to 12°C in July. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice-out usually falls in early June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around early June and the freeze near late October. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac Fauves fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Matemace sits 5.5 km off and takes the overflow. For Lac Fauves, the notice at the access point is the final word.