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

• Overview

  Lac Carre is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is northern bush. With some 22 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 2.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Normandin lies 75 km from the water. Albanel follows at 76 km, then Dolbeau-Mistassini at 89 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Carre

  Depth figures are not published for this one. 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. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Work Lac Carre in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -19°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Lac Carre around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Jean, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Carre are worth checking on the day.