Le First Long Pond in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Côte-Nord, Quebec, sits Le First Long Pond. Elevation runs to 3 metres. This is sizeable water at about 1.07 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. Some 11 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Head to Saint-Augustin, 42 km away, for anything you forgot. St. Anthony lies 172 km off, Baie Verte another 207 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Le First Long Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The shape of Le First Long Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August near 14°C and January near -13°C on the long-run figures. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on Le First Long Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, L'Island Pond is 2.7 km off. What applies at Le First Long Pond may have changed since it was mapped.