Etang Sally Fishing near Lac-Brome, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Etang Sally belongs to Estrie. The bank is 267 metres above sea level. At about 18 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 3.4 km keeps the choices simple. Lac-Brome is the closest town at 7.5 km. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 49 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Etang Sally

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Estrie: rainbow trout, white sucker, pumpkinseed, brook trout and rainbow smelt. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Etang Sally where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -11°C and July at about 19°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Plan any trip to Etang Sally around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Etang Partridge-Taylor, 0.9 km out. Confirm before you fish Etang Sally.