Lac Martial Fishing near Roberval, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Martial sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. It sits at 306 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. The nearest place of any size is Roberval, 15 km away. After that come Saint-Prime at 17 km and Saint-Félicien at 23 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Martial

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names 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 Martial the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Lac Martial follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac du Cure sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Martial may have changed since it was mapped.