Lac Quarnatuliujaq in Nord-du-Québec: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Quarnatuliujaq is a Nord-du-Québec water, in Quebec. It lies 153 metres above sea level. It measures about 72 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 4.7 km of margin, front to back. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. The closest town, Kuujjuaq, is 257 km away. Salluit lies 358 km off, Puvirnituq another 376 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Quarnatuliujaq

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Lac Quarnatuliujaq for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 11°C and January at -24°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice-out usually falls in mid June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between mid June and late October. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Quarnatuliujaq fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac Iqalulik, 8.4 km away. For Lac Quarnatuliujaq in particular, ask before you travel.