Lac Citron near Pont Rouge: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Citron, in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. For a base, Pont Rouge sits 18 km out. The big place round here is Saguenay, 78 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Citron

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Lac Citron gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -19°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Lac Citron.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A campsite is mapped about 150 m away, which makes an early start easier. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Lac a Harry-Jean, 0.5 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lac Citron.