Lac Rageot Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rageot lies within the bounds of Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Height above sea level is 534 metres. With some 61 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 4.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Start from Weymontachie, 64 km down the road. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 164 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rageot

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Take Lac Rageot a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That is the shape of the year on Lac Rageot.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac de l'Aralie, 1.1 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Rageot for certain.