Lac du Milieu Fishing near Saint-Félicien, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac du Milieu is a Quebec water. The surroundings are northern bush. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. The nearest town is Saint-Félicien, 47 km away. Then Saint-Prime, 52 km, and Normandin, 56 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Milieu

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The shape of Lac du Milieu decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Lac du Milieu more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac Therese is 1.9 km off. What applies at Lac du Milieu may have changed since it was mapped.