Fishing Lac Roullois in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Roullois is set in Côte-Nord, Quebec. It stands 455 metres above sea level. At some 3.95 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. With 16 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. On our Côte-Nord list it sits near the top for size. 246 km away sits Labrador City, the nearest town. Saguenay is the closest city, 798 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Roullois

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Côte-Nord include logperch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac Roullois light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 12°C in July and bottoms out near -24°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early June. The open-water window runs from around early June to about late October in an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Lac Roullois by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac de l'Ours Brun, 2.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Roullois if anything is unclear.