Lac a Lessard, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac a Lessard is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, in Quebec. The coast is 38 km away. It measures about 35 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. A shoreline of some 3.9 km keeps the choices simple. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. For a base, Saint-Fulgence sits 58 km out. Saguenay sits 71 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Lessard

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lac a Lessard the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The lid usually goes in mid May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On average, mid May opens the water and early November closes it again. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. At Lac a Lessard the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Magella is 1.8 km distant. Rules at Lac a Lessard are worth checking on the day.