Fishing Le Petit Lac in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Le Petit Lac lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. It lies 536 metres above sea level. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. Weymontachie is the closest place, 68 km off. Saint-Félicien follows at 72 km, then Leblanc at 74 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Le Petit Lac

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. Read Le Petit Lac before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -18°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Le Petit Lac.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Fernand is 0.7 km off. Confirm access to Le Petit Lac locally before you travel.