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

• Overview

  Lac des Sizerins is set in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. It sits in taiga. Around 25 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Around 3.1 km of margin, front to back. Our Nord-du-Québec list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 57 km from Chibougamau. Then Mistissini, 71 km, and Chapais, 90 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Sizerins

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac des Sizerins the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -20°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lac des Sizerins the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Chard sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Lac des Sizerins locally before you travel.