Lac La Chesnaye near Baie-Comeau: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord end of Quebec holds Lac La Chesnaye. The water sits 62 metres up. The water covers around 5.49 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The bank runs about 28 km in total, split between open shore and sheltered corners. It ranks high for size among our Côte-Nord listings. Baie-Comeau is the closest place, 12 km off. Hauterive is 15 km away, with Chute-aux-Outardes at 28 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac La Chesnaye

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac La Chesnaye the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -15°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near late November in autumn. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Lac La Chesnaye fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Leon is 1.8 km off. Treat Lac La Chesnaye as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.