Fishing at Lac a l'Ecart, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a l'Ecart lies in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The water sits 573 metres up. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Quebec listings. The nearest place of any size is Normandin, 71 km away. Saguenay sits 180 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others close at hand: Lac Marteau the better part of 1.6 km, Lac Choisi at 2 km, Lac du Nylon the better part of 2.5 km, Lac J.-Omer-Poire at 2.5 km and Lac Eloi the better part of 2.6 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac a l'Ecart

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lac a l'Ecart the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 15°C, the coldest about -18°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about early November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Lac a l'Ecart that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Marteau is 1.6 km off. What applies at Lac a l'Ecart may have changed since it was mapped.