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

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank gives way to boreal forest. 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. Saint-Honoré at 31 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 40 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tourelle

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. 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. Lac Tourelle gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 15°C, with January the cold end at about -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid May. Open water usually runs from mid May until about early November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Lac Tourelle rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Perron, 0.9 km out. Treat access at Lac Tourelle as something to verify.