Lac Hurst, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Hurst falls inside Côte-Nord. The bank is 454 metres above sea level. Supplies mean a trip to Labrador City, 283 km off. Wabush follows at 288 km, then Fermont at 300 km. What else is close: Lac Bourlamaque (4.1 km), Lac Anne after 5 km, Lac d'Aux (6 km), Lac Volcanic after 6.7 km and Lac Pauline (7.8 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Hurst

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Hurst responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 12°C for July and -25°C for January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Winter locks it down, and early June brings it back. Expect the water usable from around early June until roughly late October. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Lac Hurst around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Mapping shows a jetty some 660 m off. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Bourlamaque, 4.1 km out. Check the position at Lac Hurst before loading the car.