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

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, is where Lac Watt sits. The ground round it is taiga. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. For a base, Leblanc sits 71 km out. Normandin is 96 km away, with Weymontachie at 101 km. In the same area: Lac Calmar within 2 km, Lac Ohm (2.1 km), Lac Noyau within 2.1 km, Lac Dauphin (2.2 km) and Lac Bosset within 2.3 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Watt

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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. On Lac Watt the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Watt.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Lac Calmar is 2 km off. Treat Lac Watt as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.