Lac Greig Fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Within Newfoundland and Labrador, you have Lac Greig. The ground round it is boreal forest. It is high ground by Newfoundland and Labrador standards. Some 147 km away sits Labrador City, the nearest settlement. Saguenay sits 728 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Greig

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Lac Greig gives up more to patience than to distance. Watch for fry activity and fish under it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 13°C and January near -24°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. After late May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near late May, and forms again about late October. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Lac Greig runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Giasson Lake is 9 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac Greig.