Low, flat cloud sitting over the water, with a whisper of wind from the WNW with a settled glass. Fish at Lac Chabot should hold close to windblown banks where food collects. Numbers are low everywhere; the night is the pick of them. Scale down and fish slowly. The cold will pin fish to deeper, stable water.
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Out in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, sits Lac Chabot. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. This is a pocket water of some 10 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Dolbeau-Mistassini is the closest town at 122 km. Saguenay is the closest city, 195 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.
No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Lac Chabot as a water to read rather than to cover.
The range across the year is -20°C to 15°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid May. Climate figures give an open season running mid May to early November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Time your trip to Lac Chabot by conditions rather than dates.
Our records carry no access rule either way. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Blais is 2.3 km distant. For Lac Chabot in particular, ask before you travel.
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