Lac Rond Fishing near Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Côte-Nord, Quebec, sits Lac Rond. The bank gives way to rolling bush. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. The nearest place of any size is Havre-Saint-Pierre, 39 km away. Saguenay is the closest city, 544 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Work Lac Rond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 15°C and January about -13°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Lac Rond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Patterson is 2.1 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac Rond.