Lac Nolet Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, sits Lac Nolet. The coast is 29 km away. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. Start from Saint-Fulgence, 31 km down the road. Saguenay sits 41 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nolet

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Lac Nolet a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 15°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Winter locks it down, and mid May brings it back. The lid tends to go about mid May and return around early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lac Nolet fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Serpe is 0.3 km off. Treat Lac Nolet as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.