Lac Split, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Split is listed under Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. The water sits 351 metres up. About 10 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. About 1.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Most waters listed here for Nord-du-Québec are larger. Chapais is the closest place, 29 km off. Chibougamau is 60 km and Waswanipi 72 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Split

  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. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Split repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -19°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac Split runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Lac Sunset is 2.2 km distant. What applies at Lac Split may have changed since it was mapped.