Lac Robert Fishing near Saint-Honoré, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Lac Robert is a Quebec water. The water sits 535 metres up. Roughly 17 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 3.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. The nearest town is Saint-Honoré, 97 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 109 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Robert

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac Robert that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Count the season from break-up, usually mid May. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Expect Lac Robert to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Lac des Rapides, 2.7 km away. Rules at Lac Robert are worth checking on the day.