Lac de la Mitrelle, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac de la Mitrelle falls inside Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. It stands 483 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 29 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The full circuit measures close to 3.4 km on foot. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Leblanc lies 67 km from the water. Normandin follows at 88 km, then Weymontachie at 90 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Mitrelle

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. 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. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac de la Mitrelle that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Lac de la Mitrelle regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. 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. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac du Nippon at 1.8 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm before you fish Lac de la Mitrelle.