Lac des Myriques in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac des Myriques. It lies 377 metres above sea level. At about 17 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 4.0 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 82 km from Pont Rouge. Beyond it, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 83 km and Labrecque at 85 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Myriques

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. The shape of Lac des Myriques rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -19°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac des Myriques regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac de la Pentecote is 0.6 km distant. For Lac des Myriques in particular, ask before you travel.