Lac du Couvoir in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Couvoir is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. What surrounds it is taiga. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. 57 km away sits Dolbeau-Mistassini, the nearest town. The big place round here is Saguenay, 141 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Couvoir

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac du Couvoir light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -20°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Lac du Couvoir more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac des Vernes sits 1.8 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Couvoir for certain.