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

• Overview

  Lac de la Pile sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. This is taiga country. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Leblanc lies 71 km from the water. The big place round here is Saguenay, 212 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Pile

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. 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. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac de la Pile repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -18°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Lac de la Pile rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Bosset at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Lac de la Pile for certain.