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

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, is where Lac Mondor sits. The water sits 484 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 7 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Some 77 km away sits Leblanc, the nearest settlement. Saguenay sits 204 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Mondor

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Lac Mondor gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -18°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Time your trip to Lac Mondor by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Lac Planaire, 0.7 km out. Where Lac Mondor is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.