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

• Overview

  Lac Wickenden is set in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The bank is 195 metres above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 3.26 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. Shoreline length is close to 15 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Few waters listed in Côte-Nord are bigger. The closest town, Havre-Saint-Pierre, is 86 km away. Then Gaspé, 130 km, and Perce, 149 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Wickenden

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Côte-Nord: logperch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Wickenden fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -13°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Wickenden.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac de la Tete sits 2.2 km off and takes the overflow. For Lac Wickenden, the notice at the access point is the final word.