Lac Gagne Fishing near Métabetchouan, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Gagne is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. The bank is 231 metres above sea level. The nearest town is Métabetchouan, 3.2 km away. Saguenay is the closest city, 70 km away. Within a short run: Lac an Almas about 0.5 km, Lac a l'Ours some 1.1 km off, Lac Brule about 3.5 km, Lac a Belley some 5.8 km off and Lac Gagnon about 6.1 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gagne

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Work Lac Gagne in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -17°C for January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Lac Gagne by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Lac an Almas is 0.5 km off. Treat Lac Gagne as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.