Lac de la Lettre Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean entry here is Lac de la Lettre, in Quebec. The setting is spruce and muskeg. With some 36 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 3.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Head to Normandin, 68 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Saguenay, 178 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Lettre

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. On Lac de la Lettre that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 15°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about early November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac de la Lettre fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Lac J.-Omer-Poire at 1.2 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Lac de la Lettre.