Lac de la Culotte de Constantin, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Culotte de Constantin stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is northern bush. About 4 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Labrecque sits 47 km from the bank. Further out sit L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur (47 km) and Sainte-Monique (48 km). The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Culotte de Constantin

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Lac de la Culotte de Constantin the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -19°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Plan around that when you fish Lac de la Culotte de Constantin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Blanche is 0.9 km distant. Treat access at Lac de la Culotte de Constantin as something to verify.