Lac Clignancourt, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac Clignancourt in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. This is taiga country. At about 24 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The bank runs about 3.3 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Normandin is the closest place, 76 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 194 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Clignancourt

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Treat Lac Clignancourt as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Lac Clignancourt the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Garlin, 1.1 km out. Confirm access to Lac Clignancourt locally before you travel.