Fishing at Lac Miquet, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec is where Lac Miquet sits. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. It measures about 97 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The edge covers about 7.3 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Labrecque at 17 km is the nearest place to stop. Then L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, 24 km, and Saint-Ambroise, 26 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Miquet

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include 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 Miquet the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -18°C in January and 17°C in July. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Anyone fishing Lac Miquet regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac a l'Equerre, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac Miquet is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.