Lac Andre Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac Andre. Everything around it is boreal forest. For a base, Normandin sits 33 km out. Albanel is 36 km away, with Saint-Félicien at 50 km. Close by you also have: Lac Michel at 0.4 km, Lac Richard about 0.7 km, Lac Dany at 1.5 km, Lac Anita about 2 km and Lac Malfait at 2.2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Andre

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac Andre gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac Andre rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lac Michel at 0.4 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Lac Andre as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.