Lac Pollux Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Pollux lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Around the bank it is taiga. The water covers some 20 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 2.4 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Pont Rouge at 91 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Saguenay, 146 km distant. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pollux

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. Fish Lac Pollux to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Pollux.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Lac Lune is 1 km off. Where Lac Pollux is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.