Lac Blondel Fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Set in Newfoundland and Labrador, Lac Blondel is a Newfoundland and Labrador water. It stands 538 metres above sea level. It covers about 24.43 sq km, which means weather matters as much as tactics. With about 94 km of shoreline, local advice saves a lot of walking. Few waters listed in Newfoundland and Labrador are bigger. You are 216 km from Havre-Saint-Pierre. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 691 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Blondel

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. 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. Read Lac Blondel before you fish it and the day goes better. Keep your shadow off the water when the bank is high.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 13°C and January at -20°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Break-up comes around late May, and the run that follows is short and strong. On average, late May opens the water and early November closes it again. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Lac Blondel rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Senecal sits 15 km off and takes the overflow. For Lac Blondel in particular, ask before you travel.