Lac de la Petite Hache, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Petite Hache lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. The water sits 639 metres up. With some 45 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 4.1 km of margin, front to back. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. The town to know is Saint-Honoré, 48 km out. Then Saint-Ambroise, 55 km, and Saint-Fulgence, 55 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Petite Hache

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across 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. Fish Lac de la Petite Hache to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -19°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Ice-out usually falls in mid May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about mid May to early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac de la Petite Hache follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Rioux, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lac de la Petite Hache before loading the car.