Lac Perdu Fishing near Saint-Félicien, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The country round it is spruce and muskeg from end to end. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Head to Saint-Félicien, 43 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Saint-Prime, 43 km, and Roberval, 44 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perdu

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names 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. Lac Perdu repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Perdu runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac a Thomas sits 1.9 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Lac Perdu before loading the car.