Lac aux Trembles Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac aux Trembles, in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Country round the bank runs to boreal forest. The water measures roughly 8 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Shoreline comes to about 2.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Start from Albanel, 18 km down the road. Then Normandin, 20 km, and Dolbeau-Mistassini, 31 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Trembles

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. 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. Lac aux Trembles repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac aux Trembles rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac des Paradis is 0.8 km distant. Rules at Lac aux Trembles are worth checking on the day.