Lac Marthe, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean entry here is Lac Marthe, in Quebec. The water sits 508 metres up. Surface area is around 47 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With 6.5 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. The closest town, Pont Rouge, is 206 km distant. It is 234 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Marthe

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac Marthe fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -21°C at the bottom of winter. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. Averages place the thaw at mid May and the freeze at early November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Marthe.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lac Cerf-Volant, 5.5 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Marthe for certain.