Lac du Nenuphar Fishing near Roberval, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac du Nenuphar. Everything around it is northern bush. The nearest place of any size is Roberval, 10 km away. Saguenay is the closest city, 93 km away. Not far off: Lac a la Vase near enough 0.5 km, Lac France-Roy a touch under 0.8 km, Lac Ulgerie near enough 1.8 km, Lac des Girard a touch under 2.1 km and Lac a Madeleine near enough 2.4 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Nenuphar

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. Lac du Nenuphar fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lac du Nenuphar rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac a la Vase at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. The position on Lac du Nenuphar is worth confirming on the day.