Lac Poulin Fishing near Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Poulin is a Côte-Nord water, in Quebec. The shore lies 8.7 km out. With some 36 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 2.5 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Havre-Saint-Pierre lies 123 km from the water. Gaspé is 162 km away, with Perce at 170 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Poulin

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac Poulin the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -12°C in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Lac Poulin.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Banane, 1.7 km out. Check the position at Lac Poulin before loading the car.