Fishing Lac Plamondon in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Plamondon falls inside Côte-Nord. The water sits 57 metres up. It covers about 16.53 sq km, which means weather matters as much as tactics. Few waters listed in Côte-Nord are bigger. Supplies mean a trip to Saint-Augustin, 39 km off. For a city, Sydney is 550 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Plamondon

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Côte-Nord include logperch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lac Plamondon the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 14°C for July and -14°C for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid May. Expect the water usable from around mid May until roughly late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Plan any trip to Lac Plamondon around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac de la Pointe, 5.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac Plamondon as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.