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

• Overview

  Within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, you have Lac Dauquelle. Height above sea level is 242 metres. With some 73 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. At about 8.2 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. 48 km away sits Pont Rouge, the nearest town. The big place round here is Saguenay, 124 km distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dauquelle

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lac Dauquelle light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -19°C on the long-run figures. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Lac Dauquelle to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac Malfait is 2.6 km distant. Ask locally about Lac Dauquelle if anything is unclear.