Lac du Camp Fishing Guide, 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. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. For supplies, Labrecque is 17 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 40 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Camp

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The shape of Lac du Camp rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -18°C in January and 17°C in July. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Camp.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Lac Grosse Gueule is 0.4 km off. Confirm access to Lac du Camp locally before you travel.