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

• Overview

  You will find Petit lac Grenoble in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The water sits 651 metres up. It measures about 29 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Some 5.1 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Chute-aux-Outardes, 179 km away. Saguenay is the closest city, 203 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Grenoble

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The near bank of Petit lac Grenoble is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -21°C to 15°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. At Petit lac Grenoble the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Lac Cerf-Volant, 2.8 km away. Check the position at Petit lac Grenoble before loading the car.