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

• Overview

  Lac du Clairon is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. Height above sea level is 375 metres. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Métabetchouan is the closest place, 47 km off. For a city, Saguenay is 107 km off. Water in the same corner: Lac Charley 0.6 km away, Lac a la Perche 1.2 km off, Lac King 2.3 km away, Lac a Nil 2.3 km off and Lac Soulier 2.4 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Clairon

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. 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. Fish Lac du Clairon where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac du Clairon regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Charley sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac du Clairon should be assumed from this page alone.