Lac Fourdrain, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Fourdrain is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Taiga runs right down to the water. About 6 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Normandin is the closest place, 52 km off. For a city, Saguenay is 165 km off. Also worth knowing: Lac des Jaseurs at 1.4 km, Lac des Morrons within 1.9 km, Lac Andromede at 2.1 km, Lac Germond within 2.5 km and Lac Couzon at 2.6 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fourdrain

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Lac Fourdrain rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -18°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Lac Fourdrain rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Lac des Jaseurs is 1.4 km off. For Lac Fourdrain in particular, ask before you travel.