Lac Quessy Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Côte-Nord, Quebec, sits Lac Quessy. The water sits 335 metres up. At about 17 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.6 km, and most of it is walkable. Supplies mean a trip to Port-Cartier, 52 km off. Saint-Alexandre is 52 km away, with Baie-Comeau at 88 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Quessy

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Lac Quessy the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -17°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Lac Quessy regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac Plat is 2.4 km distant. Nothing on Lac Quessy should be assumed from this page alone.