Lac de la Marmite, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Marmite falls in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, part of Quebec. The surface lies 346 metres up. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. Some 50 km away sits Pont Rouge, the nearest settlement. After that come Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 52 km and Sainte-Monique at 53 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Marmite

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Treat Lac de la Marmite as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 16°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Expect Lac de la Marmite to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Fret, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lac de la Marmite in what we hold.