Fishing at Petit lac Carre, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Petit lac Carre in Côte-Nord, Quebec. It sits 27 km in from the sea. For a base, Port-Cartier sits 26 km out. Saguenay sits 353 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. In the same area: 1.9 km out stands Lac Luchezi, Lac Soure about 2.2 km, 2.3 km out stands Lac des Alizes Superbes, Lac Carre about 2.6 km and 2.8 km out stands Lac Vanuel. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Carre

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Petit lac Carre to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -16°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Petit lac Carre.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Luchezi, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Petit lac Carre in what we hold.