Lac aux Lievres in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac aux Lievres belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. The water covers some 55 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With 5.1 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Normandin, 84 km away. After that come Albanel at 84 km and Chibougamau at 96 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Lievres

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include 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. The near bank of Lac aux Lievres is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It holds true on Lac aux Lievres more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac des Loutres sits 1.6 km off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Lac aux Lievres if anything is unclear.