Lac Simonne Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Simonne in Côte-Nord, Quebec. Height above sea level is 66 metres. At some 3.21 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. Some 8.3 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It ranks high for size among our Côte-Nord listings. Havre-Saint-Pierre sits 58 km from the bank. Gaspé lies 114 km off, Perce another 150 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Simonne

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Lac Simonne in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 16°C; by February the average is down near -12°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Simonne.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac aux Canards, 3.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Simonne if anything is unclear.