Lac Medio, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Medio is a Côte-Nord water, in Quebec. The coast is 38 km away. Sept-Îles lies 49 km from the water. Beyond it, Port-Cartier at 50 km and Saint-Alexandre at 51 km. Close by you also have: Lac Justignan 0.8 km off, Lac Gabelus 1.1 km away, Lac Maxi 1.8 km off, Lac Lagadelle 1.9 km away and Lac Acaris 2.5 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Medio

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Medio gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 15°C and January near -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid May. The lid tends to go about mid May and return around early November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Medio runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Justignan sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Medio in what we hold.