Fishing Lac en Entaille in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac en Entaille lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec. It stands 346 metres above sea level. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Shoreline comes to about 1.4 km, small enough to learn in a day. You are 39 km from Notre-Dame-du-Lac. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 185 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac en Entaille

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Lac en Entaille the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -14°C to 18°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Lac en Entaille by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Piolet, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac en Entaille, the notice at the access point is the final word.