Fishing at Lac de la Perdrix, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Perdrix lies within the bounds of Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank is 497 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 54 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With 6.1 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Félicien, 62 km away. Then Saint-Prime, 66 km, and Weymontachie, 68 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Perdrix

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish 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 Perdrix the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Lac de la Perdrix regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Lac Luchard, 0.9 km out. Check the position at Lac de la Perdrix before loading the car.