Lac Isurtuq in Nord-du-Québec: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Isurtuq falls in Nord-du-Québec, part of Quebec. Everything around it is taiga. It runs to roughly 91 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With 9.4 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. The nearest place of any size is Inukjuak, 34 km away. Saguenay sits 1183 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Isurtuq

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Lac Isurtuq the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 12°C and February near -24°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early June. Climate averages put the opening at about early June and the closing near early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Isurtuq runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Lac Tasialuk is 3 km off. Ask locally about Lac Isurtuq if anything is unclear.