Fishing at Lac Marteille, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Marteille is one of the Nord-du-Québec listings for Quebec. Land around it is taiga. About 2.08 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. With 9.3 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Labrador City lies 308 km from the water. The big place round here is Saguenay, 698 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Marteille

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Nord-du-Québec names Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Work Lac Marteille in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 13°C and January about -25°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late May. The lid tends to go about late May and return around late October. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. At Lac Marteille the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Vibrac, 5.1 km away. The position on Lac Marteille is worth confirming on the day.