Lac des Trois Passes, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac des Trois Passes is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It lies 711 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 48 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. At about 7.0 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Saint-Fulgence is the closest place, 43 km off. Then Saint-Honoré, 50 km, and La Baie, 51 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Trois Passes

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include 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. On Lac des Trois Passes the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 15°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac des Trois Passes runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac de la Sphaigne is 0.8 km distant. Where Lac des Trois Passes is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.