Lac Blot, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, you have Lac Blot. This is spruce and muskeg country. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Leblanc is the closest town at 74 km. Further out sit Normandin (101 km) and Albanel (107 km). Near neighbours: Petit lac Blot lies 0.6 km on, Lac Gumond at about 0.8 km, Lac de l'Etoile lies 1.6 km on, Lac du Cramois at about 1.7 km and Lac Cazavet lies 2.1 km on. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Blot

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. On Lac Blot the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -18°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Blot runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Petit lac Blot at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Lac Blot in what we hold.