Lac du Sermon, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Sermon is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. Height above sea level is 318 metres. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The nearest place of any size is Dolbeau-Mistassini, 50 km away. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 133 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Sermon

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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 Sermon gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -19°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Lac du Sermon runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Lac Capteur is 3 km distant. Where Lac du Sermon is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.