Lac du Jeudi in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Jeudi is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 537 metres. At about 80 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Some 5.7 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Some 69 km away sits Saint-Félicien, the nearest settlement. Further out sit Weymontachie (70 km) and Normandin (73 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Jeudi

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. At Lac du Jeudi the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -18°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac du Jeudi regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Augustin is 1.2 km off. For Lac du Jeudi, the notice at the access point is the final word.