Lac des Vases in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac des Vases is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. This is lake country bush ground. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. Nearest town is Saint-Honoré, 5.9 km off. Then Saint-Ambroise, 12 km, and Chicoutimi, 17 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Vases

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. 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. Fish Lac des Vases to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -17°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac des Vases runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Brule, 4.8 km out. Check the position on Lac des Vases before loading the car.