A blustery day over the water, with rough air from the NE and no real change in pressure. The fish at Lac Iqalugalik are likely to sit near the seam between weed and open water. Numbers are low everywhere; the night is the pick of them. Scale down and fish slowly. The cold puts a premium on the calmest, deepest water.
The bites are poor now
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Lac Iqalugalik lies in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. The ground round it is boreal forest. About 8 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Most waters listed here for Nord-du-Québec are larger. Salluit lies 117 km from the water. Kinngait lies 214 km off, Puvirnituq another 266 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.
No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, Pacific cod, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Take Lac Iqalugalik a stretch at a time.
Typical July readings run about 10°C; by February the average is down near -25°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. After mid June the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate averages put the opening at about mid June and the closing near mid October. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan any trip to Lac Iqalugalik around it.
No public source sets out the position on this bank. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. 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. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Lac Iqalugalialuk at 1.6 km is the nearest alternative. Rules at Lac Iqalugalik are worth checking on the day.
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| 37.9 | 37.3 | 38 | 37.8 | 38.1 | 38.8 | 40.4 | 41.3 | 42.2 | 42.8 | 42.5 | 43.2 | 43 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.7 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 42.8 | 43 | 43.1 | 43.4 | 43.8 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
| 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 83 |
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