Lac du Creve-Z-Yeux, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac du Creve-Z-Yeux in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is boreal forest. The town to know is Pont Rouge, 79 km out. Saguenay is the closest city, 108 km away. Within easy reach: Lac du Frisson just 1 km, Lac aux Caribous (1.1 km), Lac de la Grosse-Panse just 1.7 km, Lac Moleine (1.9 km) and Lac de la Lanterne just 2.1 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Creve-Z-Yeux

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Lac du Creve-Z-Yeux should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -19°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac du Creve-Z-Yeux regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac du Frisson sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac du Creve-Z-Yeux is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.