Lac du Bourdon Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac du Bourdon is a Quebec water. It sits in spruce and muskeg. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. The closest town, Saint-Honoré, is 61 km away. Further out sit Saint-Fulgence (64 km) and Saint-Ambroise (70 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Bourdon

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. 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. At Lac du Bourdon the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 15°C; by January the average is down near -19°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about early November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac du Bourdon fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac de la Guepe at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Lac du Bourdon as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.