Lac Un Mille Fishing Guide, Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, this is Lac Un Mille. Height above sea level is 379 metres. It measures about 33 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. At about 5.5 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Few waters listed in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are bigger. Métabetchouan lies 13 km from the water. Chambord lies 18 km off, Desbiens another 20 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Un Mille

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean names 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. Lac Un Mille repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -17°C in January. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That shapes the year on Lac Un Mille.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Lac Boily is 1.4 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Lac Un Mille.