Lac Vert Fishing near Saint-Ambroise, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It sits in mixed forest. At 7 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Saint-Ambroise lies 5.8 km from the water. Labrecque lies 15 km off, Alma another 19 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Vert

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. 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. Treat Lac Vert as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -18°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Lac Vert rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Lac Ambroise at 0.7 km is the nearest alternative. Ask locally about Lac Vert if anything is unclear.