Petit lac Arthur Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Petit lac Arthur. It sits in spruce and muskeg country. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Labrecque is the closest place, 58 km off. Beyond it, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur at 58 km and Pont Rouge at 59 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Arthur

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Petit lac Arthur fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -19°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Petit lac Arthur follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac Daniel is 1.1 km off. Nothing on Petit lac Arthur should be assumed from this page alone.