Lac Lavoie Fishing near Saint-Félicien, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lavoie falls in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, part of Quebec. What surrounds it is taiga. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list holds plenty of bigger water. Saint-Félicien at 45 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Saguenay, 133 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lavoie

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Treat Lac Lavoie as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Lac Lavoie follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Petit lac Lavoie is 0.8 km distant. For Lac Lavoie, the notice at the access point is the final word.