Lac Whisky Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Lac Whisky is a Quebec water. The country round it is taiga from end to end. Surface area runs to roughly 4.34 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. There is roughly 19 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. It is among the larger waters listed here for Côte-Nord. Kuujjuaq sits 278 km from the bank. Saguenay sits 819 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Whisky

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Lac Whisky for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -25°C and July at about 13°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late May. On average, late May opens the water and late October closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Lac Whisky.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Riopel, 14 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Whisky, the notice at the access point is the final word.