Lac Turenne, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac Turenne in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Spruce and muskeg runs right down to the water. Surface area is around 53 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. At about 5.7 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Normandin lies 66 km from the water. Albanel is 70 km and Saint-Félicien 82 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Turenne

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac Turenne the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Lac Turenne.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac de la Cabane is 1.3 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac Turenne.