Lac Rond Fishing near Roberval, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Rond, in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean. Everything around it is northern bush. At 2.93 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. There is roughly 9.7 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Size puts it in the front rank of our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list. Nearest town is Roberval, 17 km off. Saguenay sits 94 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean records list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Lac Rond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -17°C in January. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Lac Rond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Lac Leon, 2.6 km out. Nothing on Lac Rond should be assumed from this page alone.