Lac Bertrand Fishing near Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bertrand sits within Capitale-Nationale in Quebec. The bank is 148 metres above sea level. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Capitale-Nationale. You are 5.8 km from Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier. Sainte-Foy is the closest city, 22 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bertrand

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Capitale-Nationale include lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon and longnose sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac Bertrand fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 19°C and January reads -13°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Expect Lac Bertrand to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Public data records the fishing as privately held. Parking is mapped about 330 m from the bank. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Sergent, 13 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Bertrand, the notice at the access point is the final word.