LacDesaulniers Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, LacDesaulniers belongs to Côte-Nord. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. This is sizeable water at about 3.37 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. With 20 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It ranks high for size among our Côte-Nord listings. Havre-Saint-Pierre lies 121 km from the water. Maliotenam is 243 km away, with Sept-Îles at 256 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on LacDesaulniers

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. The county list is broader than any single water. Read LacDesaulniers for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 13°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late May. Averages suggest open water from about late May through to roughly early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on LacDesaulniers more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lac de l'Abbe-Huard, 22 km away. None of that is settled for LacDesaulniers in what we hold.