Lac Lavoie Fishing near Roberval, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lavoie is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank gives way to taiga. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The closest town, Roberval, is 27 km distant. The big place round here is Saguenay, 106 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. Nothing here demands specialist tackle.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lavoie

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The shape of Lac Lavoie decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -17°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac Lavoie runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac des Anemones, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Lac Lavoie locally before you travel.