Fishing Lac J'Y-Vois-le-Nord in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord entry here is Lac J'Y-Vois-le-Nord, in Quebec. The bank is 480 metres above sea level. It measures about 49 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 5.0 km on foot. You are 66 km from Port-Cartier. Saint-Alexandre follows at 66 km, then Sept-Îles at 92 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac J'Y-Vois-le-Nord

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac J'Y-Vois-le-Nord the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 14°C and January near -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Look for the thaw near mid May; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about early November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac J'Y-Vois-le-Nord.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Lampe is 1.6 km distant. Treat Lac J'Y-Vois-le-Nord as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.