Deuxieme lac du Portage du Sauvage Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Deuxieme lac du Portage du Sauvage in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The setting is mixed forest on every side. Notre-Dame-du-Lac lies 36 km from the water. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 142 km away. Round about: Troisieme lac du Portage du Sauvage sits 0.9 km out, Premier lac du Portage du Sauvage at 1.7 km, Petit lac de Laniel sits 2.5 km out, Lac aux Menes at 5.4 km and Petit lac Mazenod sits 6.4 km out. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Deuxieme lac du Portage du Sauvage

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Deuxieme lac du Portage du Sauvage the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Expect Deuxieme lac du Portage du Sauvage to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. You can camp 1.2 km off, which suits an early start. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Troisieme lac du Portage du Sauvage, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Deuxieme lac du Portage du Sauvage for certain.