Fishing at Lac Both Ways, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Both Ways stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank is 260 metres above sea level. At about 27 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 2.9 km, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, Pont Rouge is 37 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 100 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Both Ways

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac Both Ways gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -19°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac Both Ways.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Lac du Sous-Marin is 1.6 km distant. Treat Lac Both Ways as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.