Lac de la Cache Fishing near Saint-Félicien, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Cache is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. The water covers some 80 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The margin runs to about 8.3 km in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Saint-Félicien lies 30 km from the water. Further out sit Saint-Prime (31 km) and Roberval (34 km). The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Cache

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names 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. At Lac de la Cache the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 16°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lac de la Cache fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Pinson, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac de la Cache.