Fishing at Lac des Trois Caribous, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank is 427 metres above sea level. At about 18 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 1.9 km on foot. 30 km away sits Métabetchouan, the nearest town. Saguenay is the closest city, 98 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Trois Caribous

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Lac des Trois Caribous to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -17°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac des Trois Caribous runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac des Grandes Oreilles, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac des Trois Caribous should be assumed from this page alone.