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

• Overview

  Lac Ritchot is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surroundings are taiga. For a base, Chibougamau sits 83 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 224 km off. Also on the doorstep: Lac Caubel some 0.4 km off, Lac Damgan a touch under 0.5 km, Lac Ecouis some 1.4 km off, Lac des Jonquilles a touch under 2.1 km and Lac du Potamot some 2.8 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ritchot

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. The shape of Lac Ritchot rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Ritchot fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Lac Caubel, 0.4 km out. Nothing on Lac Ritchot should be assumed from this page alone.