Lac Patrick in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Patrick is a Côte-Nord water, Quebec side. The surface lies 130 metres up. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Baie-Comeau at 30 km is the nearest place to stop. Beyond it, Hauterive at 38 km and Chute-aux-Outardes at 51 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Patrick

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Treat Lac Patrick as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -15°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Lac Patrick more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac de la Traverse at 1.6 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Patrick in particular, ask before you travel.