Lac en Coin in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, sits Lac en Coin. The setting is spruce and muskeg. The water covers some 55 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The perimeter runs near 8.9 km, so plan the walk before you start. On our Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Leblanc, 68 km away. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 216 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac en Coin

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Read Lac en Coin before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Lac en Coin that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac de la Soupe, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac en Coin are worth checking on the day.