Fishing Lac des Campagnols in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Campagnols stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Everything around it is boreal forest. With some 23 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 3.4 km, and most of it is walkable. Chibougamau sits 93 km from here and is the nearest stop. Saguenay sits 229 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Campagnols

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Work Lac des Campagnols in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Lac des Campagnols the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Lac Nantoin is 0.9 km distant. Rules at Lac des Campagnols are worth checking on the day.