Lac Lambert Fishing near Saint-Honoré, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lambert sits within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. The country round it is taiga from end to end. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 43 km away sits Saint-Honoré, the nearest settlement. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 56 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lambert

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Lac Lambert the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 15°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Ice-out usually falls in mid May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That shapes the year on Lac Lambert.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. 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. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. For a change of water, Lac Malard is 0.8 km distant. Rules at Lac Lambert are worth checking on the day.