Lac Innaaluup Tasinga Fishing in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Innaaluup Tasinga, in Nord-du-Québec. The land about it is northern bush. It measures some 1.33 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. The perimeter runs near 9.7 km, so plan the walk before you start. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. You are 54 km from Inukjuak. Puvirnituq follows at 206 km, then Sanikiluaq at 215 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Innaaluup Tasinga

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Nord-du-Québec records list Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lac Innaaluup Tasinga gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between February at about -24°C and July at about 12°C, the water has a wide range to work through. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early June. Break-up sits around early June on average, with the water closing again about early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac Innaaluup Tasinga rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Innaaruliapik sits 3.6 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Innaaluup Tasinga if anything is unclear.