Lac du Grand Loup Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Grand Loup sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, out in Quebec. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. With some 42 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The margin runs to about 5.0 km in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Nearest town is Pont Rouge, 51 km off. Beyond it, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 53 km and Dolbeau-Mistassini at 56 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Grand Loup

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac du Grand Loup responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Expect Lac du Grand Loup to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. If the gate is shut, Lac du Caribou at 2.4 km is the nearest alternative. For Lac du Grand Loup, the notice at the access point is the final word.