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

• Overview

  Petit lac Trenche is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. The setting is boreal forest on every side. With some 39 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 2.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It ranks high for size among our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings. The nearest place of any size is Normandin, 73 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 179 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Trenche

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. 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. At Petit lac Trenche the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -18°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan any trip to Petit lac Trenche around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac du Lynx at 1.7 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Petit lac Trenche if anything is unclear.