Lac Agrippe, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Agrippe is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Height above sea level is 666 metres. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Saint-Honoré, is 53 km away. Saint-Fulgence is 55 km away, with Saint-Ambroise at 63 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Agrippe

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac Agrippe the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -19°C and July at about 15°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Winter locks it down, and mid May brings it back. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about early November in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Lac Agrippe regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac de l'Hirondelle is 0.2 km off. Rules at Lac Agrippe are worth checking on the day.