Fishing at Lac du Lunch, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac du Lunch in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The water sits 638 metres up. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Honoré, 53 km away. Saguenay sits 65 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Lunch

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac du Lunch the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 15°C and January at -19°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. Averages suggest open water from about mid May through to roughly early November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Lac du Lunch the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Salomon, 0.7 km out. Rules at Lac du Lunch are worth checking on the day.