Petit lac des Noyes in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Côte-Nord, Quebec, sits Petit lac des Noyes. Around the bank it is taiga. With some 53 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The shoreline runs about 7.1 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Port-Cartier lies 70 km from the water. It is 375 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac des Noyes

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Petit lac des Noyes that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 14°C; by January the average is down near -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. Break-up sits around mid May on average, with the water closing again about early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Petit lac des Noyes around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Bertomiot, 2.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Petit lac des Noyes may have changed since it was mapped.