Fishing Lac Lapiroche in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Côte-Nord, Quebec. Everything around it is taiga. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. You are 44 km from Sept-Îles. For a city, Saguenay is 378 km off. Nearest other option: Lac Lacouriette near enough 1.1 km, Lac Asquiche within 1.4 km, Lac Terrine near enough 2.8 km, Lac Tremblay within 3.2 km and Lac Caniche near enough 3.4 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lapiroche

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Lac Lapiroche before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 15°C in July. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Winter locks it down, and mid May brings it back. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Lac Lapiroche that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Lac Lacouriette, 1.1 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Lapiroche for certain.