Lac Long d'Ete Fishing in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The bank is 387 metres above sea level. At about 39 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The margin runs to about 5.3 km in total. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. For supplies, Métabetchouan is 30 km out. For a city, Saguenay is 99 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long d'Ete

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean cover northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Lac Long d'Ete to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -17°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Lac Long d'Ete follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Petit lac Jourdain, 1.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Long d'Ete if anything is unclear.