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

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac des Clintonies. Elevation runs to 405 metres. Surface area is around 21 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. A shoreline of some 1.9 km keeps the choices simple. Normandin lies 88 km from the water. Saguenay sits 203 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Clintonies

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Take Lac des Clintonies a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -19°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac des Clintonies.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Lac Duclair at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac des Clintonies should be assumed from this page alone.