Lac des Cedres, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean entry here is Lac des Cedres, in Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. For a base, Saint-Honoré sits 10 km out. Then Saint-Fulgence, 22 km, and Saint-Ambroise, 22 km. Round about: Lac Leandre 1.5 km away, 1.6 km out stands Lac Mial, Petit lac Clair 1.6 km away, 1.7 km out stands Lac Limony and Lac de la Vase 1.9 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Cedres

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac des Cedres responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 17°C in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On Lac des Cedres the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Leandre at 1.5 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Lac des Cedres as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.