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

• Overview

  Lac Therese belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. Roughly 35 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 4.7 km, and most of it is walkable. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. Start from Pont Rouge, 81 km down the road. Then Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, 82 km, and Labrecque, 84 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Therese

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name 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. On Lac Therese a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -19°C on the long-run figures. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Lac Therese more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. 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. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Naud, 1.1 km out. Ask locally about Lac Therese if anything is unclear.