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

• Overview

  Lac du Mollusque is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. This is spruce and muskeg ground. 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. Saint-Honoré sits 50 km from the bank. Saguenay sits 63 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Mollusque

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name 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. The shape of Lac du Mollusque decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid May. Climate figures give an open season running mid May to early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Lac du Mollusque the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Parking is not close: 910 m from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac aux Moules, 0.3 km out. Ask locally about Lac du Mollusque if anything is unclear.