Lac aux Martres, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Lac aux Martres in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The surface lies 443 metres up. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The edge runs 1.5 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Leblanc sits 90 km from the bank. Further out sit Senneterre (127 km) and Weymontachie (136 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Martres

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac aux Martres the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac aux Martres.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. 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. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac du Male is 0.5 km off. Where Lac aux Martres is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.