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

• Overview

  Lac du Moineau sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. The water sits 334 metres up. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Head to Normandin, 64 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 179 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Moineau

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac du Moineau that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac du Moineau runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. 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 water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac au Huard sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac du Moineau as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.