Petit lac aux Foins Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Côte-Nord, Quebec, you have Petit lac aux Foins. Elevation runs to 109 metres. It runs to roughly 53 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 3.8 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. For supplies, Port-Cartier is 15 km out. It is 359 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac aux Foins

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Côte-Nord include logperch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Petit lac aux Foins for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -16°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Petit lac aux Foins the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Petit lac Castor at 3.2 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Petit lac aux Foins are worth checking on the day.