Lac de l'Aiguillon Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de l'Aiguillon is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. It sits in boreal forest. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. For a base, Pont Rouge sits 66 km out. Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is 67 km away, with Labrecque at 69 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Aiguillon

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lac de l'Aiguillon the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 16°C in July. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Lac de l'Aiguillon regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac Potvin, 0.9 km away. What applies at Lac de l'Aiguillon may have changed since it was mapped.