Lac Lucille Fishing Guide, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, you have Lac Lucille. The land about it is spruce and muskeg. At 3.23 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. Around 15 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Kuujjuaq lies 112 km from the water. Beyond it, Puvirnituq at 451 km and Inukjuak at 493 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lucille

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Lac Lucille for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 11°C; by January the average is down near -23°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. After early June the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate averages put the opening at about early June and the closing near early November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lac Lucille that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Raymond, 4.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Lucille may have changed since it was mapped.