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

• Overview

  Lac Vrecourt is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. The ground around here is boreal forest. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The town to know is Normandin, 79 km out. Albanel is 84 km and Leblanc 88 km. Also within reach: Lac des Boules 1.2 km, Lac des Grebes lies 1.2 km on, Lac Echenon 1.4 km, Lac Rotalier lies 1.7 km on and Lac Eden 3 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Vrecourt

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. 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. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac Vrecourt gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan around that when you fish Lac Vrecourt.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac des Boules, 1.2 km away. For Lac Vrecourt, the notice at the access point is the final word.