Lac du Vieux Camp Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean end of Quebec holds Lac du Vieux Camp. It sits at 488 metres above sea level. The whole thing is a single swim; walk it in a minute. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. Some 55 km away sits Saint-Félicien, the nearest settlement. After that come Saint-Prime at 57 km and Roberval at 59 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Vieux Camp

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Lac du Vieux Camp repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 16°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac du Vieux Camp fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Dawn, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac du Vieux Camp is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.