Lac Perron Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Perron lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Northern bush runs right down to the water. With some 37 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 2.7 km of margin, front to back. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. 103 km away sits Albanel, the nearest town. After that come Dolbeau-Mistassini at 103 km and Pont Rouge at 104 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perron

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac Perron repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -20°C to 15°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about early May to early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Perron fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Borde, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lac Perron before loading the car.