Fishing Lac de la Malice in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Malice falls in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, part of Quebec. The surface lies 810 metres up. The water covers some 14 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 2.0 km keeps the choices simple. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Saint-Fulgence at 41 km is the nearest place to stop. Beyond it, La Baie at 48 km and Saint-Honoré at 50 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Malice

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Lac de la Malice where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 15°C and January near -18°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. Averages place the thaw at mid May and the freeze at early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac de la Malice follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac de la Petoche is 1.7 km distant. For Lac de la Malice in particular, ask before you travel.