Fishing at Lac du Mi-Careme, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Mi-Careme belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. This is taiga ground. It measures about 33 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. You are looking at roughly 8.0 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Head to Saint-Honoré, 54 km away, for anything you forgot. Saint-Fulgence is 57 km and Saint-Ambroise 64 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Mi-Careme

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names 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. The shape of Lac du Mi-Careme decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 15°C in July. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid May. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac du Mi-Careme fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A carry of 730 m from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. Mapping shows a campsite some 1.3 km from the water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Celeste, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac du Mi-Careme, the notice at the access point is the final word.