Lac Rejeanne in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Rejeanne is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. Height above sea level is 476 metres. The water covers some 53 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 4.9 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Nearest town is Forestville, 98 km off. Then Saint-Fulgence, 110 km, and Saint-Honoré, 110 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rejeanne

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Rejeanne that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 16°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Rejeanne rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Meo sits 1.2 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac Rejeanne is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.