Stillwater · Mixed · Jura / Franche-Comté

Lac Saint-Point

Photo of Lac Saint-Point

Lac Saint-Point lies high in the Haut-Doubs, a long natural lake fed by limestone springs and cradled in the folds of the Jura.

Fair · Trout
Small Perdigón · 16-20
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
48% confidence
limited data

Lac Saint-Point is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindE 7 km/hLight breeze
Today's fly
Small Perdigón
Small Perdigón16-20
Euro-nymph
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Light breeze
E 7 km/h
N
E
from the east
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp29°C
CloudClear
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Lac Saint-Point. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Very warm conditions — trout have a narrower safe zone of cool, oxygen-rich water. Fish only at first light or last light, use barbless hooks, keep fish in the water during release, and stop if fish struggle to recover. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Small Perdigón (16-20) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Small Perdigón (16-20) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
1
2
1
Lake OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box

French nymph-first water. Fast current, technical presentation, weighted nymphs and emergers, with dry flies when fish rise.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
55%
Cloud25%
Wind100%
Temp25%

A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of Lac Saint-Point
    Lac Saint-Point
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Lac Saint-Point lies high in the Haut-Doubs, a long natural lake fed by limestone springs and cradled in the folds of the Jura. The water runs cold and clear, and the trout in it carry the manners of that mineral country — unhurried, precise, intolerant of a clumsy approach. A boat is the natural way to read it: drift the wind lanes, watch where the surface tightens over a shelf, and let the fish show you where the lake is feeding. In the warmer months it stratifies, and the trout drop to follow the cool and the food. Patience and a careful eye for the wind are worth more here than distance.

  • Lake
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • High temperatures may push fish deeper and reduce surface activity.
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