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

• Overview

  You will find Lac Venteux in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It sits at 451 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 16 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 3.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Start from Leblanc, 72 km down the road. After that come Normandin at 108 km and Weymontachie at 110 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Venteux

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. 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. Read Lac Venteux for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Expect Lac Venteux to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Cante at 0.6 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Lac Venteux should be assumed from this page alone.