Lac S, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, sits Lac S. Land around it is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Some 22 km away sits Dolbeau-Mistassini, the nearest settlement. Pont Rouge is 23 km and Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 25 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac S

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lac S the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -19°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Lac S by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac C is 0.7 km distant. Signs at Lac S carry more weight than any list.