Lac du Camp Fishing near Pont Rouge, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac du Camp is a Quebec water. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. At about 34 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 11 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Pont Rouge, 38 km away. Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is 39 km and Dolbeau-Mistassini 43 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Camp

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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 Camp the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing Lac du Camp regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac des Ecureuils is 2.1 km off. Treat Lac du Camp as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.