Lac dela Tour in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac dela Tour. The ground around here is taiga. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Nearest place of any size is Labrecque, 84 km away. Saguenay sits 101 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Close by you also have: Lac du Poste at 1.9 km, Lac Roquette lies 3.1 km on, Lac Belanger at 4.1 km, Lac Rita lies 4.5 km on and Lac du Petit Portage at 4.9 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac dela Tour

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Lac dela Tour before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Expect Lac dela Tour to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac du Poste, 1.9 km out. Check the position at Lac dela Tour before loading the car.