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

• Overview

  Lac du Camp is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. What surrounds it is boreal forest. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. You are 47 km from Saint-Félicien. Saint-Prime follows at 53 km, then Normandin at 54 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Camp

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac du Camp the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 16°C; by January the average is down near -18°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac du Camp runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Lac de l'Etoile, 0.9 km out. Signs at Lac du Camp carry more weight than any list.