Fishing at Lac du Rat Musque, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, you have Lac du Rat Musque. It stands 438 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 41 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The full circuit measures close to 3.8 km on foot. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Roberval is the closest place, 44 km off. Métabetchouan lies 46 km off, Chambord another 46 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Rat Musque

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. On Lac du Rat Musque a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -17°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Lac du Rat Musque.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Petit lac Vert is 0.6 km distant. Nothing on Lac du Rat Musque should be assumed from this page alone.