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

• Overview

  Lac Neulette belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The country here is boreal forest. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Normandin lies 17 km from the water. Further out sit Albanel (23 km) and Saint-Félicien (33 km). Others within reach: Lac Gestas lies 0.8 km on, Lac Brochet within 2.1 km, Lac Equerre lies 2.6 km on, Lac Sylvain within 2.8 km and Lac de la Venerie lies 2.8 km on. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Neulette

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. 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. The near bank of Lac Neulette is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 17°C in July. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It holds true on Lac Neulette more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Lac Gestas at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lac Neulette as something to verify.