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

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Laramee belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The country here is spruce and muskeg. For a base, Normandin sits 65 km out. Further out sit Albanel (70 km) and Saint-Félicien (79 km). Not far off: Lac Botquin a touch under 4.8 km, Lac De Vanchy near enough 5.1 km, Lac Hydra a touch under 5.3 km, Lac Folcarde near enough 5.3 km and Lac du Boulevard a touch under 5.5 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Laramee

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lac Laramee to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -18°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Lac Laramee more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Lac Botquin, 4.8 km away. Confirm before you fish Lac Laramee.