Fishing Lac du Brochet Noir in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Brochet Noir is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The water sits 228 metres up. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Albanel lies 36 km from the water. Saguenay is the closest city, 149 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Brochet Noir

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Lac du Brochet Noir the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -19°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Brochet Noir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Lac des Rochers, 1.9 km out. Where Lac du Brochet Noir is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.