Lac Patrick Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Patrick is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surface lies 362 metres up. It measures about 22 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 2.8 km of margin, front to back. Supplies mean a trip to Albanel, 57 km off. Saguenay sits 168 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Patrick

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The near bank of Lac Patrick is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -19°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac Patrick runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Petit lac Carcajou is 1.9 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Patrick for certain.