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

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac Duplessis. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Saint-Ambroise, 3.5 km off. After that come Jonquière at 13 km and Saint-Honoré at 16 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Duplessis

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lac Duplessis light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 18°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Lac Duplessis more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Lac Charles, 4.3 km away. What applies at Lac Duplessis may have changed since it was mapped.