Lac du Cerf-Volant, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Cerf-Volant is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. Pont Rouge is the closest place, 50 km off. Beyond it, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 52 km and Sainte-Monique at 56 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Cerf-Volant

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The near bank of Lac du Cerf-Volant is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 16°C in July. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It holds true on Lac du Cerf-Volant more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac du Sep sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac du Cerf-Volant should be assumed from this page alone.