Lac Girard Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Girard in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. This is northern bush ground. At roughly 7 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Fulgence, 68 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 78 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Girard

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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. Read Lac Girard for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from mid May until about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lac Girard the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Mario is 0.8 km off. Rules at Lac Girard are worth checking on the day.