Fishing at Lac Pouchot, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Pouchot is set in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. Around the bank it is northern bush. The water covers around 1.61 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Some 13 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. You are 339 km from Labrador City. For a city, Saguenay is 705 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pouchot

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Work Lac Pouchot in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -25°C to 13°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late May. Average temperatures cross freezing around late May in spring and again near late October in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Pouchot.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Combourg is 3.2 km off. None of that is settled for Lac Pouchot in what we hold.