Lac Detourne, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Detourne is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. This is spruce and muskeg country. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. You are 49 km from Saint-Honoré. The big place round here is Saguenay, 61 km distant. Within easy reach: Lac Peter out at 0.6 km, Lac Gilbert 0.7 km away, Lac Gagne out at 0.8 km, Lac du Canard 0.8 km away and Lac John out at 1 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Detourne

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac Detourne the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Look for the thaw near mid May; the fishing lifts straight after. Open water usually runs from mid May until about early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Lac Detourne the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Peter is 0.6 km off. Rules at Lac Detourne are worth checking on the day.