Lac du Mulot Fishing near Pont Rouge, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Mulot sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, out in Quebec. The setting is boreal forest on every side. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Start from Pont Rouge, 59 km down the road. The big place round here is Saguenay, 97 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Mulot

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac du Mulot gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac du Mulot.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac des Trois Cantons at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Lac du Mulot as something to verify.