Petit lac Touladi in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Petit lac Touladi lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec. It stands 395 metres above sea level. Around 19 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The bank runs about 3.1 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Some 70 km away sits Pont Rouge, the nearest settlement. Further out sit Labrecque (70 km) and L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur (71 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Touladi

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. On Petit lac Touladi that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -19°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That shapes the year on Petit lac Touladi.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Grand lac Touladi, 0.7 km away. None of that is settled for Petit lac Touladi in what we hold.