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

• Overview

  Lac Nettoye lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank gives way to spruce and muskeg. It is high ground by Quebec standards. 50 km away sits Saint-Fulgence, the nearest town. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 60 km away. If this one is busy: Lac Castor near enough 0.8 km, Lac a la Grosse (0.8 km), Lac Z near enough 0.9 km, Lac Cache (1 km) and Lac du Passage near enough 1.3 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nettoye

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac Nettoye that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 15°C; by January the average is down near -19°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in mid May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about mid May and return around early November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac Nettoye rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Castor is 0.8 km off. Where Lac Nettoye is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.