Lac au Foin in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lac au Foin in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue part of Quebec. Elevation runs to 371 metres. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. For a base, Senneterre sits 93 km out. Val-d'Or lies 119 km off, Barraute another 120 km. Within a short drive: Lac du Rugby within 0.5 km, Lac Megan just 0.9 km, Lac Asselin within 1.3 km, Lac des Six Iles just 1.4 km and Lac Bott within 1.5 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Foin

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac au Foin the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -18°C for January. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Lac au Foin rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac du Rugby, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac au Foin, the notice at the access point is the final word.