Lac des Petits Pins Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac des Petits Pins, in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Elevation runs to 543 metres. This is sizeable water at about 1.20 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. Around 6.8 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. It ranks high for size among our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings. Some 76 km away sits Saint-Honoré, the nearest settlement. Labrecque lies 79 km off, Saint-Ambroise another 80 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Petits Pins

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Lac des Petits Pins light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 15°C and January near -19°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac des Petits Pins runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Lac de la Buche, 1.1 km away. Nothing on Lac des Petits Pins should be assumed from this page alone.