Fishing at Lac la Peche, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac la Peche lies within the bounds of Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It lies 421 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 40 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 4.7 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Size puts it in the front rank of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Start from Métabetchouan, 28 km down the road. The big place round here is Saguenay, 86 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac la Peche

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac la Peche the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -17°C on the long-run figures. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac la Peche runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac du Bec-Scie is 1.3 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac la Peche.