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

• Overview

  Lac du Radeau is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surface lies 721 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is high ground by Quebec standards. For a base, Saint-Fulgence sits 44 km out. Saguenay sits 56 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Radeau

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac du Radeau for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 15°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Look for the thaw near mid May; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up sits around mid May on average, with the water closing again about early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Time your trip to Lac du Radeau by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac du Ruisseau sits 1 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac du Radeau in what we hold.