Lac Gumond Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Gumond lies within the bounds of Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It lies 490 metres above sea level. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Leblanc is the closest town at 75 km. Saguenay sits 215 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Gumond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac Gumond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Time your trip to Lac Gumond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Blot is 0.8 km distant. Check the position at Lac Gumond before loading the car.