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

• Overview

  Look for Lac Moleine in the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean part of Quebec. It lies 389 metres above sea level. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 78 km from Pont Rouge. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 109 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Moleine

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac Moleine fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -19°C for January. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Lac Moleine rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Lac de la Grosse-Panse at 0.7 km is the nearest alternative. What applies at Lac Moleine may have changed since it was mapped.