Lac aux Roches, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac aux Roches stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It sits in northern bush country. With some 11 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 2.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. For supplies, Saint-Honoré is 95 km out. The big place round here is Saguenay, 107 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Roches

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lac aux Roches light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Lac aux Roches the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Parking sits 1.1 km out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac de la Paix is 0.7 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac aux Roches.