Lac a la Vase Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac a la Vase in the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean part of Quebec. It sits in taiga. Roberval lies 10 km from the water. Saguenay sits 93 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Close by you also have: Lac du Nenuphar roughly 0.5 km, Lac France-Roy near enough 1.1 km, Lac Ulgerie roughly 1.3 km, Lac des Girard near enough 1.6 km and Lac a Madeleine roughly 1.8 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac a la Vase

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac a la Vase gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Lac a la Vase the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Nenuphar sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Lac a la Vase.