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

• Overview

  Lac Forget is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. Elevation runs to 579 metres. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The nearest town is Chute-aux-Outardes, 170 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 212 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Forget

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac Forget the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 15°C; the cold one sits at -20°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid May. In an average year the thaw lands around mid May and the freeze near early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Lac Forget.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Lac Emile, 0.6 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Forget for certain.