Lac Damase Fishing near Pont Rouge, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Damase is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surface lies 264 metres up. It measures about 55 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Size puts it in the front rank of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. You are 29 km from Pont Rouge. Saguenay is the closest city, 92 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Damase

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac Damase that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -19°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac Damase rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac de la Bartavelle is 0.7 km distant. Rules at Lac Damase are worth checking on the day.