Reservoir Manic 1 in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Reservoir Manic 1 belongs to Côte-Nord, Quebec. The bank is 36 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to some 12.79 sq km, so a boat and a plan are both worth having. You have roughly 58 km of edge to choose from, which rewards a scouting trip. On our Côte-Nord list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Hauterive, 12 km away. Further out sit Chute-aux-Outardes (15 km) and Baie-Comeau (18 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Reservoir Manic 1

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read this water before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on this water.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Being dammed, it draws down in some seasons and fills in others. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Paul-Emile, 3.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at this water for certain.