Fishing Lac Horseshoe in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Horseshoe in the Nord-du-Québec part of Quebec. The bank is 259 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to roughly 3.95 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. The perimeter is close to 31 km, and wind can be flat in one arm and rough in the next. Supplies mean a trip to Kuujjuaq, 166 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 947 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Horseshoe

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Treat Lac Horseshoe as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 12°C for July and -25°C for January. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Count the season from break-up, usually early June. Ice usually gives way near early June, and forms again about late October. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. On Lac Horseshoe that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Kawaskakapu Kunanuwich sits 5.2 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Lac Horseshoe are worth checking on the day.