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

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, is where Lac Soupin sits. The surface lies 370 metres up. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Normandin sits 59 km out. Beyond it, Albanel at 61 km and Dolbeau-Mistassini at 76 km. Close by you have: Lac Pagolle roughly 0.6 km, Lac Brillard at about 1.2 km, Lac Toulouse roughly 1.3 km, Lac Robinos at about 1.3 km and Lac Dontrien roughly 1.7 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Soupin

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac Soupin the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That is the shape of the year on Lac Soupin.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Pagolle at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Lac Soupin if anything is unclear.