Lac Boissonnade in Nord-du-Québec: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Boissonnade is one of the Nord-du-Québec waters in Quebec. The surface lies 528 metres up. At 2.41 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. You are looking at roughly 14 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The nearest place of any size is Fermont, 273 km away. Saguenay sits 636 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Boissonnade

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Nord-du-Québec records list Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Lac Boissonnade a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 13°C in July and bottom out at -25°C in January. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Count the season from break-up, usually late May. Expect the water usable from around late May until roughly late October. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Lac Boissonnade.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Rochelet sits 6.9 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Lac Boissonnade before loading the car.