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

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Cedres in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank is 300 metres above sea level. Roughly 36 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. You are looking at roughly 5.5 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. It ranks high for size among our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings. Roberval is the closest town at 12 km. Saguenay sits 89 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Cedres

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Lac des Cedres should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -17°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Lac des Cedres runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac a Truite is 1 km distant. Rules at Lac des Cedres are worth checking on the day.