Lac de la Licorne in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac de la Licorne belongs to Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The country round it is northern bush from end to end. Around 81 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Some 5.6 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It is among the larger waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. The closest town, Normandin, is 87 km away. For a city, Saguenay is 203 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Licorne

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Work Lac de la Licorne in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Lac de la Licorne.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Lac Routot is 0.5 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac de la Licorne.