Fishing at Lac Potvin, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, is where Lac Potvin sits. The bank gives way to spruce and muskeg. At about 66 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. At about 11 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Nearest town is Normandin, 51 km off. For a city, Saguenay is 155 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Potvin

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Lac Potvin responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That is the shape of the year on Lac Potvin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lac du Nuage at 1.6 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac Potvin should be assumed from this page alone.