Lac des Blattes, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac des Blattes lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 98 km from Chibougamau. Normandin is 98 km away, with Leblanc at 102 km. Other water nearby: Lac Cairon 1.7 km away, Lac Arlequin near enough 1.8 km, Lac Gomont 1.8 km away, Lac Capian near enough 2.3 km and Lac Vermand 2.4 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Blattes

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Lac des Blattes the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac des Blattes runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Cairon is 1.7 km off. Check the position on Lac des Blattes before loading the car.