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

• Overview

  Lac des Pointes is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The country round it is taiga from end to end. It measures about 48 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The edge covers about 7.4 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Size puts it in the front rank of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Albanel sits 81 km from here and is the nearest stop. Saguenay sits 193 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Pointes

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Lac des Pointes a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -19°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Lac des Pointes rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Lac Caribou is 1.9 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac des Pointes.