Lac Fisher Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Fisher lies in Côte-Nord, in Quebec. The surface lies 489 metres up. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With about 2.1 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Forestville is the closest town at 57 km. Saguenay sits 150 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fisher

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac Fisher the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Plan around that when you fish Lac Fisher.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac Engoulevent, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Fisher in particular, ask before you travel.