Fishing at Lac Lerol, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lerol is a Côte-Nord water, Quebec side. Height above sea level is 552 metres. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Côte-Nord list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 126 km from Forestville. Saint-Honoré is 128 km and Saint-Fulgence 131 km. Nearest other option: Lac Ire at about 0.5 km, Lac Cor within 1.1 km, Lac Sepia at about 1.1 km, Lac Stick within 1.2 km and Lac du Talon at about 1.4 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lerol

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Lerol to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 15°C; by January the average is down near -19°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid May. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid May in spring and again near early November in autumn. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Lerol.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. 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. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. If the gate is shut, Lac Ire at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position on Lac Lerol before loading the car.