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

• Overview

  Lac du Souhait lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. This is taiga country. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. Saint-Honoré is the closest place, 43 km off. Saint-Fulgence is 47 km away, with Saint-Ambroise at 53 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Souhait

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. Read Lac du Souhait before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 15°C and January near -19°C on the long-run figures. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages place the thaw at mid May and the freeze at early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac du Souhait rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Recompense is 0.3 km off. For Lac du Souhait, the notice at the access point is the final word.