Lac Soure in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Lac Soure is a Quebec water. The sea is 25 km distant. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Port-Cartier sits 24 km from the bank. After that come Saint-Alexandre at 25 km and Sept-Îles at 47 km. Others within reach: Lac Carre 0.7 km away, Lac Vanuel sits 0.8 km out, Petit lac Carre 2.2 km away, Lac Kamishtaneunipiu sits 2.8 km out and Lac des Alizes Superbes 3.1 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Soure

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Lac Soure before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Soure.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Carre sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac Soure should be assumed from this page alone.