Lac Figure, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Figure lies within the bounds of Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. Surface area is around 28 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 3.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Nearest place of any size is Sacré-Coeur, 68 km away. Then Les Escoumins, 72 km, and Saint-Fulgence, 72 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Figure

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. 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. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Figure before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 15°C for July and -18°C for January. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Figure fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac Emery is 1 km distant. Check the position at Lac Figure before loading the car.