Petit lac Sainte-Anne Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Petit lac Sainte-Anne falls inside Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. It sits at 286 metres above sea level. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 44 km away sits Albanel, the nearest settlement. For a city, Saguenay is 155 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Sainte-Anne

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Petit lac Sainte-Anne gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Petit lac Sainte-Anne runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Vaseux is 0.9 km distant. None of that is settled for Petit lac Sainte-Anne in what we hold.