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

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Medis falls inside Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The country here is boreal forest. Leblanc is the closest town at 75 km. The big place round here is Saguenay, 234 km distant. Close by you also have: Lac du Tetras Sombre the better part of 0.8 km, Lac des Amarantes sits 0.9 km out, Lac Gourdel the better part of 1 km, Lac Secondat sits 2 km out and Lac Maclas the better part of 3.1 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Medis

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac Medis that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac Medis.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Tetras Sombre sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Lac Medis locally before you travel.