Lac Bouchard Fishing near Saint-Fulgence, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bouchard is a Côte-Nord water, in Quebec. It lies 565 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 23 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The whole outline is near 1.9 km, and most of it is walkable. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. The nearest town is Saint-Fulgence, 71 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 82 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bouchard

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Anyone new to Lac Bouchard should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Break-up comes around mid May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Lac Bouchard follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Raymond, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lac Bouchard before loading the car.