Lac Poussard in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Poussard lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. There is roughly 1.6 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Normandin is the closest place, 47 km off. Further out sit Albanel (51 km) and Saint-Félicien (63 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Poussard

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Lac Poussard a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It holds true on Lac Poussard more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Hotat at 2.4 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Lac Poussard in what we hold.