Petit lac du Six, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Petit lac du Six is set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surroundings are pine and birch. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Pont Rouge, 16 km off. Saguenay sits 81 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Six

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Petit lac du Six as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 17°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Petit lac du Six fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Lac Menard at 0.7 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Petit lac du Six for certain.