Lac au Renard Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, is where Lac au Renard sits. The ground around here is mixed forest. With some 16 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 1.9 km of margin, front to back. Start from Saint-Isidore, 30 km down the road. Then Ville-Marie, 38 km, and Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, 41 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Renard

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac au Renard the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 18°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Lac au Renard fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac en Coeur sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Lac au Renard as something to verify.