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

• Overview

  Look for Lac du Nid in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It sits at 412 metres above sea level. Roughly 22 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The bank runs about 2.7 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Nearest place of any size is Leblanc, 94 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 231 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Nid

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Treat Lac du Nid as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Lac du Nid rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Rivest, 0.5 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Nid for certain.