Lac Belle Truite Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec is where Lac Belle Truite sits. It sits at 755 metres above sea level. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. You are 41 km from Saint-Honoré. Saint-Fulgence is 46 km and Saint-Ambroise 49 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Belle Truite

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. 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. County-wide records name 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 Belle Truite the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -19°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Lac Belle Truite by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac du Pied is 0.6 km off. Rules at Lac Belle Truite are worth checking on the day.