Fishing Lac Pois Vert in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac Pois Vert. It sits in taiga. Small at around 10 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Bank access stretches around 2.0 km in total. 59 km away sits Labrecque, the nearest town. Saguenay sits 85 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pois Vert

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lac Pois Vert repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -19°C in January up to 16°C in July. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Pois Vert runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. 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. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Lac Noir is 1.6 km distant. The position on Lac Pois Vert is worth confirming on the day.