Lac Anne in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Anne stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The water sits 579 metres up. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. The closest town, Labrecque, is 32 km distant. Saguenay is the closest city, 49 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Anne

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac Anne that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 16°C in July. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Lac Anne fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac Price is 1.4 km off. Ask locally about Lac Anne if anything is unclear.