Lac Guitare, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, this is Lac Guitare. It lies 399 metres above sea level. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Nord-du-Québec. Nearest place of any size is Chibougamau, 64 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 243 km off. Not far off: Lac Hassels within 0.3 km, Lac Jacques-Drouin out at 0.6 km, Lac Wilfrid within 1.5 km, Lac des Bleuets out at 1.7 km and Lac Euterpe within 2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Guitare

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Nord-du-Québec: Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Lac Guitare the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It holds true on Lac Guitare more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Hassels at 0.3 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lac Guitare may have changed since it was mapped.