Lac du Moulinet Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Moulinet belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The bank is 369 metres above sea level. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The town to know is Pont Rouge, 79 km out. Beyond it, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 81 km and Sainte-Monique at 84 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Moulinet

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. On Lac du Moulinet the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac du Moulinet runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lac du Depannage, 0.9 km away. What applies at Lac du Moulinet may have changed since it was mapped.