Lac Ensemence Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Ensemence is one of the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean waters in Quebec. This is northern bush country. Saint-Félicien at 48 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Saguenay is 141 km off. Near neighbours: Lac du Pit at 0.5 km, Lac de la Fraye within 0.9 km, Lac Reniere at 1.5 km, Lac Drapeau within 1.8 km and Lac a Raoul at 1.8 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ensemence

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean: 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. Take Lac Ensemence a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -18°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac Ensemence rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac du Pit is 0.5 km off. Ask locally about Lac Ensemence if anything is unclear.