Lac a Louis Fishing near Saint-Ambroise, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, you have Lac a Louis. The sea is 33 km distant. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Some 11 km away sits Saint-Ambroise, the nearest settlement. After that come Labrecque at 12 km and Alma at 14 km. Alternatives close at hand: Lac a Charles about 0.5 km, Lac Trepanier just 1.4 km, Lac Laberge about 1.6 km, Lac Labonte just 2.7 km and Lac a la Mine about 3 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Louis

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list 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. On Lac a Louis that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Time your trip to Lac a Louis by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac a Charles at 0.5 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Lac a Louis locally before you travel.