Fishing Lac du Gros Glacier in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean entry here is Lac du Gros Glacier, in Quebec. The surface lies 513 metres up. At about 99 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With 7.8 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Some 145 km away sits Mistissini, the nearest settlement. Saguenay is the closest city, 246 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Gros Glacier

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Work Lac du Gros Glacier in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 15°C and January near -21°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about early November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Lac du Gros Glacier that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Petit Glacier sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Lac du Gros Glacier before loading the car.