Fishing at Lac desGeais Bleus, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac desGeais Bleus is a Quebec water. The water sits 442 metres up. At about 10 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 1.3 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Leblanc lies 86 km from the water. Saguenay is the closest city, 225 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac desGeais Bleus

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac desGeais Bleus gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 16°C in July. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac desGeais Bleus.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Lisieux is 0.9 km off. Where Lac desGeais Bleus is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.