Lac de la Tirasse, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac de la Tirasse, in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Land around it is northern bush. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Normandin sits 91 km from the bank. Albanel is 94 km away, with Chibougamau at 94 km. Others within reach: Lac Spencer after 1 km, Lac Tramole a touch under 1.7 km, Lac Viane after 2 km, Lac Lardy a touch under 2 km and Lac Levesque after 2.4 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Tirasse

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. On Lac de la Tirasse that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Lac de la Tirasse regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Lac Spencer, 1 km out. Rules at Lac de la Tirasse are worth checking on the day.