Lac Cabidos Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Cabidos is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. About 2 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. For a base, Normandin sits 84 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 201 km off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cabidos

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Lac Cabidos should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -19°C in January up to 16°C in July. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Cabidos.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lac de la Fosse, 0.4 km away. Treat access at Lac Cabidos as something to verify.