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

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It stands 617 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Mistissini lies 146 km from the water. Further out sit Pont Rouge (176 km) and Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (178 km). It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Frisson

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Lac du Frisson decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 14°C and January about -21°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Winter locks it down, and mid May brings it back. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid May until roughly early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Frisson.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac de la Pince, 2.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac du Frisson is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.