Trou a Magot, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Trou a Magot belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Country round the bank runs to spruce and muskeg. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. Normandin lies 34 km from the water. Saint-Félicien is 37 km away, with Albanel at 42 km. Neighbouring water: Lac Limans near enough 0.6 km, Lac Poelon some 0.9 km off, Lac a Therese near enough 1 km, Lac des Aulnes some 1 km off and Petit lac Poelon near enough 1.5 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Trou a Magot

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, recorded fish include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Trou a Magot where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Trou a Magot.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Limans, 0.6 km away. Signs at Trou a Magot carry more weight than any list.