Lac Izon in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac Izon. This is northern bush ground. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. For a base, Chibougamau sits 88 km out. Beyond it, Normandin at 91 km and Albanel at 92 km. Other water nearby: Lac Jacou some 1.2 km off, Lac Lama at 2.3 km, Lac Gex some 2.4 km off, Lac Penol at 2.9 km and Lac Maubeuge some 3.2 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Izon

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The near bank of Lac Izon is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 16°C in July. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac Izon rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Jacou is 1.2 km off. Confirm before you fish Lac Izon.