Fishing Lac Gillette in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Gillette in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The bank gives way to spruce and muskeg. The water covers some 18 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The full circuit measures close to 2.2 km on foot. The nearest place of any size is Forestville, 42 km away. Then Betsiamites, 52 km, and Chute-aux-Outardes, 68 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gillette

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Côte-Nord include logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Gillette the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Lac Gillette by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Keko at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Lac Gillette should be assumed from this page alone.