Lac de la Decharge Fishing near Saint-Fulgence, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Decharge stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The coast is 30 km away. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. You are 30 km from Saint-Fulgence. After that come Saint-Honoré at 31 km and Chicoutimi at 39 km. What else is close: Petit lac Nempeche a shade over 0.7 km, Grand lac Nempeche 0.9 km away, Lac Bourbon a shade over 1.2 km, Lac Tourelle 1.3 km away and Lac Perron a shade over 1.7 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Decharge

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac de la Decharge a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -19°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid May. In an average year the thaw lands around mid May and the freeze near early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Expect Lac de la Decharge to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Petit lac Nempeche sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac de la Decharge as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.