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

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Jerry belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. It lies 619 metres above sea level. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Saint-Fulgence, is 56 km away. Saint-Honoré is 56 km away, with Chicoutimi at 65 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Jerry

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Jerry for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 15°C, while January sits near -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually goes in mid May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lac Jerry rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Raymond is 1.2 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Jerry.