Fishing Lac Pip in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Pip is a Côte-Nord water, Quebec side. It stands 400 metres above sea level. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. The nearest town is Forestville, 49 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 149 km off. Also worth knowing: Lac Juanita (2.1 km), Lac Dan out at 2.4 km, Lac Luculus (2.4 km), Lac Laurendeau out at 2.7 km and Lac Lucus (3.1 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pip

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Lac Pip the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan any trip to Lac Pip around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Juanita is 2.1 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Pip.