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

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac du Pompeux. It lies 223 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. The nearest town is Albanel, 59 km away. Saguenay sits 145 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Pompeux

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in 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. Lac du Pompeux gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -20°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac du Pompeux regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac de la Fable sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac du Pompeux in what we hold.