Lac La Bedoyere in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord entry here is Lac La Bedoyere, in Quebec. It sits at 592 metres above sea level. About 2.69 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. At about 21 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Few waters listed in Côte-Nord are bigger. Head to Labrador City, 197 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 714 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac La Bedoyere

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lac La Bedoyere repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 12°C in July and bottom out at -25°C in January. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The lid usually goes in early June, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice usually gives way near early June, and forms again about late October. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Anyone fishing Lac La Bedoyere regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Corvisart, 7.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Lac La Bedoyere before loading the car.