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

• Overview

  Lac Croche is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. What surrounds it is boreal forest. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. You are 48 km from Saint-Fulgence. Then Saint-Honoré, 51 km, and La Baie, 58 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Croche

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac Croche gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 15°C, the coldest about -19°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Croche rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. 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. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Pied at 0.5 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lac Croche.