Lac Crestot Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Crestot in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Elevation runs to 387 metres. It runs to roughly 19 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 2.3 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Chibougamau is the closest town at 72 km. For a city, Saguenay is 222 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Crestot

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The near bank of Lac Crestot is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Lac Crestot.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. The nearest alternative is Lac Le Mas, 0.8 km out. For Lac Crestot in particular, ask before you travel.