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

• Overview

  Lac des Parulines is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. This is boreal forest country. About 2 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Some 57 km away sits Pont Rouge, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Saguenay, 91 km distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Parulines

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Lac des Parulines the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Lac des Parulines to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Lac Elzear, 0.5 km out. The position on Lac des Parulines is worth confirming on the day.