Lac De Nevers Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec is where Lac De Nevers sits. It sits at 462 metres above sea level. Roughly 19 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 2.4 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Saint-Félicien is the closest place, 36 km off. Saguenay sits 139 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac De Nevers

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. At Lac De Nevers the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac De Nevers runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Hublot is 1.3 km distant. Treat access at Lac De Nevers as something to verify.