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

• Overview

  Lac de la Perdrix sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. Elevation runs to 558 metres. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Start from Saint-Félicien, 49 km down the road. Normandin is 50 km and Saint-Prime 57 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Perdrix

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. At Lac de la Perdrix the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lac de la Perdrix runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac de l'Ecureuil is 1.1 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac de la Perdrix.