Lac Cache in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac Cache is a Quebec water. The ground round it is northern bush. Roughly 33 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 3.4 km, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Supplies mean a trip to Mistissini, 151 km off. It is 236 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cache

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac Cache responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -21°C to 14°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid May in spring and again near early November in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. It holds true on Lac Cache more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac de la Momie, 3.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Cache are worth checking on the day.