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

• Overview

  Lac Touladi is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. Height above sea level is 428 metres. It measures about 90 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. There is roughly 5.5 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. It ranks high for size among our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings. Pont Rouge sits 103 km from the bank. It is 173 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Touladi

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Lac Touladi the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -20°C at the bottom of winter. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac Touladi fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Carufel at 1.5 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position on Lac Touladi before loading the car.