Petit lac Hemon Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Hemon is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean listings for Quebec. Everything around it is boreal forest. It runs to roughly 28 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 2.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. The closest town, Albanel, is 35 km away. Then Dolbeau-Mistassini, 39 km, and Normandin, 41 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Hemon

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name 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. Petit lac Hemon repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -20°C in January. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Petit lac Hemon follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Long sits 2.5 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Petit lac Hemon should be assumed from this page alone.