Lac Jean Fishing near Labrador City, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Jean is set in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The country round it is spruce and muskeg from end to end. This is big water, about 12.10 sq km, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. The perimeter is close to 84 km, and wind can be flat in one arm and rough in the next. Size puts it in the front rank of our Côte-Nord list. Labrador City is the closest place, 267 km off. Then Wabush, 272 km, and Fermont, 285 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jean

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Take Lac Jean a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 11°C, with January the cold end at about -25°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice-out usually falls in early June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running early June to late October. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Jean follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Sort the permit out before you load the car. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Lac Simonet, 3.4 km away. Nothing on Lac Jean should be assumed from this page alone.