Lac Green, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Green sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. It sits at 539 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 34 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 4.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings. The closest town, Saint-Honoré, is 70 km distant. After that come Labrecque at 72 km and Saint-Ambroise at 74 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Green

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac Green the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Time your trip to Lac Green by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Raoul sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Green may have changed since it was mapped.