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

• Overview

  Lac Niort is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. Around the bank it is boreal forest. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Normandin, 91 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 208 km distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Niort

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac Niort gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac Niort runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Somewhere to sit and eat is 920 m out. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Bilodeau, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Niort for certain.