Fishing at Lac Amiens, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac Amiens. It lies 278 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Normandin sits 18 km from the bank. Albanel is 26 km and Saint-Félicien 28 km. Water in the same corner: Lac Billy 0.8 km, Lac Boran the better part of 1.1 km, Lac a la Carpe 2.2 km, Lac Verville the better part of 2.3 km and Lac Nakouti 3 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Amiens

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lac Amiens gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. At Lac Amiens the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Billy, 0.8 km away. None of that is settled for Lac Amiens in what we hold.