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

• Overview

  Look for Lac de la Perdrix Blanche in the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean part of Quebec. The water sits 281 metres up. Surface area runs to roughly 2.59 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Around 13 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. The town to know is Albanel, 68 km out. The big place round here is Saguenay, 152 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Perdrix Blanche

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Lac de la Perdrix Blanche that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -20°C in January. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That is the shape of the year on Lac de la Perdrix Blanche.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Cross at 1.3 km is the sensible second choice. Where Lac de la Perdrix Blanche is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.