Lac Ross Fishing near Maliotenam, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Ross, in Côte-Nord. It sits 14 km in from the sea. It runs to roughly 48 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 3.3 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. The closest town, Maliotenam, is 32 km distant. Beyond it, Sept-Îles at 43 km and Port-Cartier at 82 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ross

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Lac Ross where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 15°C and January reads -16°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Time your trip to Lac Ross by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. 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. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Gallienne, 2.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Ross, the notice at the access point is the final word.