Lac du Kodiak Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Kodiak in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Elevation runs to 438 metres. At roughly 9 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. The town to know is Pont Rouge, 149 km out. Labrecque is 149 km and Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 150 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Kodiak

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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. On Lac du Kodiak the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Kodiak.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Should this one be busy, Lac de l'Ours Polaire is 0.9 km off. The position on Lac du Kodiak is worth confirming on the day.