Lac de la Concession, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Concession is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. The bank is 641 metres above sea level. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Saint-Honoré is the closest town at 66 km. It is 77 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Concession

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Lac de la Concession that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about early November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac de la Concession.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Domine, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac de la Concession may have changed since it was mapped.