Lac Anou Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Anou is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. The surface lies 512 metres up. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Head to Leblanc, 79 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Saguenay, 202 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Anou

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac Anou gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -18°C on the long-run figures. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac Anou regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lac Pivin at 1.3 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position at Lac Anou before loading the car.