Lac Saint-Memin, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Lac Saint-Memin is a Quebec water. The bank is 580 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Côte-Nord are larger. Port-Cartier at 79 km is the nearest place to stop. Saguenay sits 361 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Saint-Memin

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Côte-Nord: logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Saint-Memin the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 14°C and January near -19°C on the long-run figures. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Count the season from break-up, usually mid May. The season between ice runs from about mid May to early November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Saint-Memin fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Branchedor sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Lac Saint-Memin are worth checking on the day.