Lac du Tisserand, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac du Tisserand is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. Height above sea level is 383 metres. At roughly 4 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The closest town, Pont Rouge, is 82 km away. Then Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, 83 km, and Dolbeau-Mistassini, 89 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Tisserand

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac du Tisserand gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Lac du Tisserand runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac en Zigzag is 0.6 km distant. Treat access at Lac du Tisserand as something to verify.