Lac des Rales Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Rales is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. The surroundings are spruce and muskeg. The closest town, Normandin, is 47 km away. Albanel follows at 53 km, then Saint-Félicien at 58 km. More in the same country: Lac Menerval within 0.2 km, Lac Robert at 0.8 km, Lac Duca within 0.9 km, Lac Gacien at 1.6 km and Lac du Pinson within 1.7 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Rales

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac des Rales responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -18°C on the long-run figures. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Lac des Rales runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Menerval sits 0.2 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac des Rales as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.