Lac de la Gouttelette in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Gouttelette in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is taiga. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Pont Rouge at 46 km is the nearest place to stop. Saguenay sits 93 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Gouttelette

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac de la Gouttelette gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac de la Gouttelette.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Serre is 0.7 km off. Nothing on Lac de la Gouttelette should be assumed from this page alone.