Petit lac du Cure Fishing near Métabetchouan, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac du Cure stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Height above sea level is 447 metres. Métabetchouan is the closest town at 32 km. Saguenay is the closest city, 86 km away. Others worth noting: 0.6 km out stands Lac du Cure, Lac Thibault near enough 0.9 km, 1.1 km out stands Grand lac a l'Ours, Petit lac a l'Ours near enough 2.4 km and 2.5 km out stands Petit lac du Bec-Scie. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Cure

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Petit lac du Cure the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -17°C in January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Petit lac du Cure.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac du Cure, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Petit lac du Cure, the notice at the access point is the final word.