Lac du Salsifis Fishing Guide, Quebec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Salsifis is a Quebec water, Quebec side. This is lake country bush country. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by Quebec standards. Mattawa is the closest town at 36 km. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 212 km away. Other water within reach: Lac Stafford 1.2 km away, Lac Plat some 2.2 km off, Lac a la Loutre 2.5 km away, Lac Watt some 3.2 km off and Lac Dace 3.4 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Salsifis

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. 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. On Lac du Salsifis the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -14°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Lac du Salsifis rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Stafford sits 1.2 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Lac du Salsifis are worth checking on the day.