Lac Turquoise, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Turquoise, in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. It sits at 453 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean standards. Leblanc is the closest town at 74 km. After that come Normandin at 108 km and Weymontachie at 112 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Turquoise

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. 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. On Lac Turquoise the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -18°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Turquoise fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Chantourne, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Turquoise for certain.