Lac Guay in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Guay is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. The sea is 20 km distant. At about 21 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The bank runs about 2.2 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Baie-Comeau at 29 km is the nearest place to stop. Hauterive lies 34 km off, Chute-aux-Outardes another 47 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Guay

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Guay where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 16°C in July. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Expect Lac Guay to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac Lynch is 2.8 km distant. Check the position on Lac Guay before loading the car.