Lac en Coeur Fishing near Chute-aux-Outardes, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac en Coeur stands in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Height above sea level is 593 metres. Compared with other Quebec water on our list, it sits high. The town to know is Chute-aux-Outardes, 170 km out. Saguenay is the closest city, 211 km away. Within easy reach: Lac Serpent (0.9 km), 0.9 km away is Lac Forget, Lac du Boss (1.1 km), 1.5 km away is Lac Emile and Lac de la Surprise (1.6 km). One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac en Coeur

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Lac en Coeur where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 15°C at the top of summer and -20°C at the bottom of winter. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac en Coeur follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Lac Serpent, 0.9 km out. Signs at Lac en Coeur carry more weight than any list.