Fishing Lac Henry in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Henry sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, out in Quebec. Elevation runs to 305 metres. Surface area is around 26 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Bank access stretches around 3.2 km in total. Nearest place of any size is Pont Rouge, 46 km away. After that come Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc at 47 km and Sainte-Monique at 49 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Henry

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lac Henry before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Lac Henry follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac du Bras, 2.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac Henry.