Fishing at Lac du Buck, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Buck belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Elevation runs to 493 metres. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. Saint-Félicien at 42 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 136 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Buck

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lac du Buck to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -18°C on the long-run figures. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Buck.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac de la Mousse is 0.4 km distant. For Lac du Buck, the notice at the access point is the final word.