Petit lac Harvey Fishing near Albanel, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, is where Petit lac Harvey sits. The surroundings are boreal forest. With some 16 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 2.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest place of any size is Albanel, 115 km away. Then Dolbeau-Mistassini, 115 km, and Pont Rouge, 116 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Harvey

  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. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Petit lac Harvey before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -20°C and July at about 15°C, the water has a wide range to work through. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid May until roughly early November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. On Petit lac Harvey that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Harvey, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Petit lac Harvey.