Lac du Passage Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Passage in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. Saint-Fulgence at 49 km is the nearest place to stop. After that come Saint-Honoré at 51 km and Chicoutimi at 59 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Passage

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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 Passage responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for July and -19°C for January. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. On average, mid May opens the water and early November closes it again. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That is the shape of the year on Lac du Passage.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac Leo is 0.7 km distant. What applies at Lac du Passage may have changed since it was mapped.