Fishing at Lac Croche, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac Croche is a Quebec water. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Labrecque, 16 km away. Saguenay sits 37 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Croche

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. 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. Read Lac Croche for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -18°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Lac Croche that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac a Brod, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Croche for certain.