Lac Ozoir in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Ozoir is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 430 metres. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The nearest place of any size is Normandin, 79 km away. It is 196 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ozoir

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Ozoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -18°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Lac Ozoir the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. 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. Lac des Pilasses at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lac Ozoir.