Lac du Dos de Cheval, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Dos de Cheval is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. The water sits 408 metres up. At about 32 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 4.7 km keeps the choices simple. It ranks high for size among our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings. Saint-Honoré sits 44 km from the bank. Saguenay sits 56 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Dos de Cheval

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in 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. Lac du Dos de Cheval repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 16°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac du Dos de Cheval fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Should this one be busy, Lac Froid is 2.2 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Dos de Cheval for certain.