Fishing at Petit lac Vert, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Vert is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. Everything around it is boreal forest. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Head to Saint-Félicien, 22 km away, for anything you forgot. Saint-Prime is 23 km and Roberval 27 km. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Vert at 0.4 km, Lac Miroir lies 1.1 km on, Lac Claude-Guy at 1.6 km, Lac a Jos-Begin lies 2.1 km on and Lac du Castor at 2.3 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Vert

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Petit lac Vert that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Petit lac Vert runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac Vert is 0.4 km off. Nothing on Petit lac Vert should be assumed from this page alone.