Lac de la Mitaine, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Mitaine in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surface lies 231 metres up. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Pont Rouge, 66 km away. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 142 km away. In the same area: 1.7 km away is Lac Antoine, Lac Roy (2.2 km), 2.4 km away is Petit lac Ben, Lac de la Jambette (3.2 km) and 3.5 km away is Lac Fernand. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Mitaine

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The near bank of Lac de la Mitaine is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -20°C in January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac de la Mitaine fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Antoine is 1.7 km off. Treat Lac de la Mitaine as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.