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

• Overview

  Lac Magot is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. The water sits 352 metres up. About 9 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. 57 km away sits Normandin, the nearest town. Then Albanel, 59 km, and Dolbeau-Mistassini, 74 km. Not far off: Lac des Mitrelles some 0.7 km off, Lac Agreable after 1.3 km, Lac Grange some 1.4 km off, Lac Thelus after 1.5 km and Lac Vertain some 1.7 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Magot

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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 Magot the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -19°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Lac Magot rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Failing this one, try Lac des Mitrelles, 0.7 km away. Nothing on Lac Magot should be assumed from this page alone.