Fishing Lac Pihiu in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Côte-Nord, Quebec, you have Lac Pihiu. It lies 59 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 91 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. You are looking at roughly 9.5 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. The nearest town is Saint-Augustin, 148 km away. Sydney sits 466 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pihiu

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Pihiu the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 15°C and January at -14°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Lac Pihiu more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Tshipitnauman, 4.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lac Pihiu as something to verify.