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

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Nolan falls inside Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. It sits at 555 metres above sea level. About 4 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. 38 km away sits Normandin, the nearest town. For a city, Saguenay is 148 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nolan

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac Nolan gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac Nolan fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Deslier is 0.8 km distant. None of that is settled for Lac Nolan in what we hold.