Lac Noir Fishing near Pont Rouge, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac Noir is a Quebec water. What surrounds it is boreal forest. Roughly 40 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. A shoreline of some 2.7 km keeps the choices simple. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Nearest place of any size is Pont Rouge, 118 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 153 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Noir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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 Noir is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -19°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Noir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac Alma, 12 km away. Confirm before you fish Lac Noir.