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

• Overview

  The Nord-du-Québec entry here is Lac De Lauzon, in Quebec. Salt water lies 13 km off. The water covers around 1.90 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Shoreline length is close to 12 km, and each section fishes a little differently. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. The nearest town is Kuujjuaq, 75 km away. The big place round here is Saguenay, 1034 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac De Lauzon

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Nord-du-Québec names Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac De Lauzon the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 12°C and January near -25°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early June. Ice clears near early June and comes back about late October in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Lac De Lauzon.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Maizerets sits 9.7 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac De Lauzon should be assumed from this page alone.