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

• Overview

  Look for Lac des Silos in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. The water covers some 11 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 2.0 km keeps the choices simple. Start from Albanel, 42 km down the road. For a city, Saguenay is 137 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Silos

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. On Lac des Silos the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -20°C to 16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Plan any trip to Lac des Silos around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac de la Grange-Etable sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Lac des Silos is worth confirming on the day.