Fishing Lac de la Pointe in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Pointe is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. The setting is spruce and muskeg. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Normandin at 80 km is the nearest place to stop. Then Albanel, 83 km, and Saint-Félicien, 96 km. Also worth knowing: Lac Proche 0.6 km, Lac Epron lies 1 km on, Lac Arie 1.2 km, Lac Decoupe lies 1.6 km on and Lac Lajoie 2.4 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Pointe

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Lac de la Pointe before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Lac de la Pointe rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lac Proche, 0.6 km away. Confirm access to Lac de la Pointe locally before you travel.