Lac de la Momie in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac de la Momie is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. The ground round it is spruce and muskeg. It runs to roughly 28 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The edge runs 2.6 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It is high ground by Quebec standards. 148 km away sits Mistissini, the nearest town. For a city, Saguenay is 238 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Momie

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. 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 Momie is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -21°C in January to roughly 15°C in July. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about early November in a typical year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac de la Momie runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Cache at 3.7 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Lac de la Momie are worth checking on the day.