Petit lac Fox Fishing near Sept-Îles, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Petit lac Fox in Côte-Nord, Quebec. It sits 15 km in from the sea. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. Supplies mean a trip to Sept-Îles, 25 km off. It is 392 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Fox

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The shape of Petit lac Fox decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 15°C and January near -17°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. On Petit lac Fox that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Fox sits 1.1 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Petit lac Fox as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.