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

• Overview

  Lac Leo is a Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean water, Quebec side. Everything around it is taiga. Some 42 km away sits Métabetchouan, the nearest settlement. After that come Chambord at 44 km and Roberval at 45 km. Near neighbours: Lac des Trois Soeurs a touch under 1.1 km, Lac Siffleux (1.7 km), Lac au Foin a touch under 2.9 km, Lac a David (3.1 km) and Lac Charley a touch under 3.2 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Leo

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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. Lac Leo repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -17°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Time your trip to Lac Leo by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. A pier or jetty stands 1.1 km away, which helps on a crowded bank. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac des Trois Soeurs, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Leo if anything is unclear.