Lac Levesque Fishing near Saint-Honoré, Quebec

• Overview

  The Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean entry here is Lac Levesque, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 487 metres. Start from Saint-Honoré, 28 km down the road. Saguenay sits 41 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others close at hand: Lac Castor within 0.5 km, Lac Cote near enough 1.4 km, Lac a l'Orignal within 1.6 km, Lac Begin near enough 1.7 km and Lac de Cote within 2 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Levesque

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Fish Lac Levesque to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Lac Levesque the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Castor sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Lac Levesque before loading the car.