Fishing at Lac du Trouble-Fete, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Trouble-Fete is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It lies 690 metres above sea level. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. Some 48 km away sits Saint-Honoré, the nearest settlement. Saguenay is the closest city, 58 km away. In the same area: Lac des Amanites 0.8 km, Lac du Triton out at 0.9 km, Lac du Poussin 1.3 km, Lac du Scorpion out at 1.5 km and Lac Fondu 1.9 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Trouble-Fete

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. Anyone new to Lac du Trouble-Fete should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for July and -19°C for January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The lid usually goes in mid May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Lac du Trouble-Fete rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac des Amanites at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac du Trouble-Fete, the notice at the access point is the final word.