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

• Overview

  Lac Lionel is listed under Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The surroundings are boreal forest. Around 12 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Around 2.6 km of margin, front to back. It is high ground by Quebec standards. Nearest town is Saint-Félicien, 66 km off. Saguenay sits 160 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lionel

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover 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. Take Lac Lionel a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It holds true on Lac Lionel more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. For a change of water, Lac Lambert is 1.4 km distant. What applies at Lac Lionel may have changed since it was mapped.