Lac des Parulines, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac des Parulines, in Nord-du-Québec. The country round it is northern bush from end to end. Roughly 1.58 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The perimeter runs near 8.9 km, so plan the walk before you start. Mistissini is the closest place, 130 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 427 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Parulines

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Nord-du-Québec records list Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Lac des Parulines light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -21°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about early November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Lac des Parulines by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac La Bardeliere, 12 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac des Parulines is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.