Lac Turcotte Fishing near Weymontachie, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Turcotte in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It sits in taiga. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. Start from Weymontachie, 65 km down the road. Saint-Félicien is 66 km and Saint-Prime 70 km. Also worth knowing: Lac en Cone 0.7 km off, Lac Hebert 1 km away, Lac Roland 1.3 km off, Lac Jules 1.6 km away and Lac du Mulot 1.9 km off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Turcotte

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Lac Turcotte light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -18°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Lac Turcotte the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. 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. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac en Cone sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac Turcotte in what we hold.