Lac Leona Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Laurentides, Quebec, sits Lac Leona. This is lake country bush ground. At about 60 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. You are looking at roughly 5.5 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. Nearest town is Ferme-Neuve, 11 km off. Mont-Laurier is 26 km away, with Saint-Boniface at 48 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Leona

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Leona that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Lac Leona.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Fraser at 3.1 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Lac Leona as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.