Fishing at Petit lac du Chinook, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Petit lac du Chinook in Côte-Nord, Quebec. Elevation runs to 486 metres. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Côte-Nord list holds plenty of bigger water. 68 km away sits Forestville, the nearest town. Saguenay sits 115 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Chinook

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Côte-Nord, recorded fish include logperch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Fish Petit lac du Chinook to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Petit lac du Chinook fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Painchaud is 1.4 km off. Rules at Petit lac du Chinook are worth checking on the day.