Fishing at Lac Audet, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Audet lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The country here is taiga. It measures about 55 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The outline measures near 7.1 km, so local knowledge counts. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Supplies mean a trip to Pont Rouge, 56 km off. After that come Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 58 km and Dolbeau-Mistassini at 62 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Audet

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Treat Lac Audet as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Lac Audet follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Dow sits 2.3 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac Audet if anything is unclear.