Lac aux Grandes Pointes, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac aux Grandes Pointes sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. What surrounds it is taiga. At some 6.34 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. At about 52 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The nearest place of any size is Pont Rouge, 46 km away. Saguenay is the closest city, 86 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Grandes Pointes

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac aux Grandes Pointes the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• 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. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac aux Grandes Pointes fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Lac Dore, 2.4 km out. For Lac aux Grandes Pointes, the notice at the access point is the final word.