Fishing at Lac Jouque, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Jouque is set in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The water sits 341 metres up. Hauterive at 26 km is the nearest place to stop. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 222 km away. What else is close: Lac de la Drave about 1.2 km, Lac Ombilic some 2 km off, Lac Franklin about 3.1 km, Lac de l'Etrier some 3.1 km off and Lac Georges-Tremblay about 3.6 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jouque

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Côte-Nord include logperch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Lac Jouque before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac Jouque runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Drave is 1.2 km off. Nothing on Lac Jouque should be assumed from this page alone.