Fishing at Lac Letemplier, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Letemplier in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The country round it is northern bush from end to end. Surface area runs to roughly 4.12 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Shoreline length is close to 16 km, and each section fishes a little differently. On our Côte-Nord list it sits near the top for size. Chute-aux-Outardes is the closest town at 47 km. After that come Hauterive at 48 km and Baie-Comeau at 53 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Letemplier

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. 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. Reported across Côte-Nord: logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Letemplier the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -17°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lac Letemplier follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Petit lac Letemplier is 3.9 km off. Ask locally about Lac Letemplier if anything is unclear.