Lac Leonora Fishing near Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Leonora is one of the Lanaudière waters in Quebec. It stands 451 metres above sea level. Saint-Michel-des-Saints lies 18 km from the water. After that come Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm at 48 km and Manawan at 56 km. Within a short drive: Lac Thomelin within 0.9 km, Lac Descoteaux a touch under 2.4 km, Lac de la Roche within 3.5 km, Lac Jens a touch under 3.6 km and Lac Liliane within 3.8 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Leonora

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac Leonora gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -15°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Plan around that when you fish Lac Leonora.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Thomelin, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Leonora should be assumed from this page alone.