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

• Overview

  Lac de la Violette lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. It stands 602 metres above sea level. Roughly 23 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 3.5 km of margin, front to back. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Supplies mean a trip to Leblanc, 71 km off. Then Normandin, 79 km, and Saint-Félicien, 82 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Violette

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Lac de la Violette for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about early November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Anyone fishing Lac de la Violette regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Lac de Roches, 3 km out. Check the position at Lac de la Violette before loading the car.