Lac du Dernier Moulin Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean entry here is Lac du Dernier Moulin, in Quebec. Everything around it is northern bush. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Nearest town is Albanel, 42 km off. Saguenay sits 154 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Dernier Moulin

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish 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. At Lac du Dernier Moulin light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Time your trip to Lac du Dernier Moulin by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Petit lac Sainte-Anne, 1.7 km out. Where Lac du Dernier Moulin is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.