Lac Manu near Hauterive: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Côte-Nord entry here is Lac Manu, in Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Côte-Nord list holds plenty of bigger water. The town to know is Hauterive, 25 km out. The big place round here is Saguenay, 216 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Manu

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged across Côte-Nord include logperch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac Manu gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lac Manu by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Donald, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac Manu as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.