Fishing Lac Entre-Deux in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 2.0 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. You are 85 km from Normandin. Albanel follows at 88 km, then Chibougamau at 100 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Entre-Deux

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Lac Entre-Deux the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Entre-Deux.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Should this one be busy, Lac Rousson is 1.1 km off. For Lac Entre-Deux, the notice at the access point is the final word.