Lac de l'Aqueduc Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de l'Aqueduc sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, out in Quebec. It sits at 179 metres above sea level. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Nearest town is Albanel, 7.4 km off. It is 120 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Aqueduc

  We hold no depth figure for this one. 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. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Lac de l'Aqueduc as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -19°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Lac de l'Aqueduc that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records show it does not hold water year-round. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Lac a Gerard is 0.6 km distant. Confirm access to Lac de l'Aqueduc locally before you travel.