Lac Leonce in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Leonce is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. Height above sea level is 733 metres. Around 13 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. With about 3.0 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Saint-Honoré, is 24 km distant. Saint-Fulgence is 26 km away, with Chicoutimi at 33 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Leonce

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Lac Leonce the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 15°C and January near -18°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Leonce regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Lac Olivier, 0.5 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Leonce for certain.