Fishing at Lac du Poignet, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Poignet belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It lies 409 metres above sea level. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 1.7 km in total. Nearest place of any size is Labrecque, 45 km away. Then L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, 46 km, and Sainte-Monique, 48 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Poignet

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lac du Poignet where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 16°C in July. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Lac du Poignet more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Petit lac a la Poche at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Lac du Poignet is worth confirming on the day.