Fishing Lac de la Patte d'Ours in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, you have Lac de la Patte d'Ours. The setting is spruce and muskeg. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. The closest town, Pont Rouge, is 64 km distant. It is 97 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Patte d'Ours

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name 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 Patte d'Ours as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac de la Patte d'Ours that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Sort the permit out before you load the car. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Lac de la Popote, 0.9 km away. Nothing on Lac de la Patte d'Ours should be assumed from this page alone.