Lac La Potherie, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac La Potherie in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. The ground round it is spruce and muskeg. Around 132.93 sq km of open water: conditions change from one end to the other. The bank is deeply indented, so shelter is easy to find in any wind. On our Nord-du-Québec list it sits near the top for size. Nearest town is Kuujjuaq, 246 km off. Puvirnituq lies 306 km off, Inukjuak another 334 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac La Potherie

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Nord-du-Québec: Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac La Potherie repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 11°C, while January sits near -24°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The lid usually goes in mid June, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near mid June, freeze-up near late October: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Lac La Potherie regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Bonenfant, 13 km away. None of that is settled for Lac La Potherie in what we hold.