Lac de la Vierge, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, sits Lac de la Vierge. Elevation runs to 713 metres. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. 46 km away sits Saint-Fulgence, the nearest town. Saguenay is the closest city, 58 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Vierge

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name 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. Work Lac de la Vierge in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 15°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. Climate figures give an open season running mid May to early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Lac de la Vierge regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Lac du Verseau is 1 km off. Treat access at Lac de la Vierge as something to verify.