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

• Overview

  Lac Perdu is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. It lies 542 metres above sea level. With some 23 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 2.9 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. Saint-Fulgence is the closest place, 70 km off. The big place round here is Saguenay, 81 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perdu

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. Treat Lac Perdu as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That is the shape of the year on Lac Perdu.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. 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. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Lac Sage is 4.6 km off. None of that is settled for Lac Perdu in what we hold.