Rain moving through today, with barely a breath of wind and the barometer holding steady. Activity on Lac Pivin should centre on reed fringes and open pockets. A tough forecast; the evening offers the only real chance. Save the long walk for a better forecast. The cold puts a premium on the calmest, deepest water.
The bites are poor now
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Lac Pivin is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. It lies 518 metres above sea level. At some 1.81 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. At about 13 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Côte-Nord. Labrador City at 256 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 818 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.
We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Pivin the obvious spot is not always the productive one.
Climate records put July near 12°C and January near -24°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Ice-out usually falls in early June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Average temperatures cross freezing around early June in spring and again near late October in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Lac Pivin rarely departs from it.
We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac Rousseliere is 2.3 km distant. Where Lac Pivin is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.
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