Lac des Pois Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It stands 490 metres above sea level. Roughly 17 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 1.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Leblanc at 69 km is the nearest place to stop. Normandin follows at 102 km, then Weymontachie at 102 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Pois

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. 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 Pois decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 16°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Lac des Pois by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac de la Soupe, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Lac des Pois as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.