Fishing Lac Legendre in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Legendre sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, out in Quebec. The country here is spruce and muskeg. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The town to know is Saint-Fulgence, 24 km out. Saguenay is the closest city, 36 km away. Nearest other option: Lac Basque (0.9 km), Lac Savoie just 1.1 km, Lac Lamontagne (1.2 km), Lac Lapointe just 1.3 km and Lac Baumier (1.4 km). One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Legendre

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Legendre before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -18°C and July at about 15°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid May. The open-water window runs from around mid May to about early November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. At Lac Legendre the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac Basque at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lac Legendre.