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

• Overview

  Lac des Monts is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The land about it is boreal forest. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. Nearest town is Saint-Fulgence, 28 km off. Then La Baie, 32 km, and Chicoutimi, 40 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Monts

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. 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. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Take Lac des Monts a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 15°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid usually goes in mid May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about early November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Lac des Monts around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Hebert sits 5.2 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac des Monts is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.