Lac du Rubis in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac du Rubis falls inside Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The setting is boreal forest. At roughly 2 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. 48 km away sits Saint-Félicien, the nearest town. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 128 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Rubis

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac du Rubis responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Expect Lac du Rubis to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Eric is 1.1 km off. Check the position at Lac du Rubis before loading the car.