Lac Guy Fishing near Labrecque, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, sits Lac Guy. Height above sea level is 496 metres. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The closest town, Labrecque, is 28 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 54 km distant. Within a short drive: Lac Auguste near enough 0.5 km, Lac Cleophe within 0.9 km, Lac Germaine near enough 1.7 km, Lac des Sept Ecluses within 1.9 km and Lac Rodgers near enough 2 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Guy

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. 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. At Lac Guy the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -18°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Lac Guy around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Lac Auguste, 0.5 km out. Check the position at Lac Guy before loading the car.