Lac de la Squaw in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lac de la Squaw in the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean part of Quebec. Height above sea level is 710 metres. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Head to Saint-Fulgence, 41 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Saguenay, 53 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. It is the kind of place people fish for years without exhausting.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Squaw

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac de la Squaw for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -19°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about early November in an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Lac de la Squaw around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac Burette is 1.1 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac de la Squaw.