Lac aux Pins Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac aux Pins falls inside Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The surroundings are lake country bush. It runs to roughly 50 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Few waters listed in Abitibi-Témiscamingue are bigger. For a base, Saint-Isidore sits 30 km out. Ville-Marie is 38 km away, with Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues at 41 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Pins

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac aux Pins the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -16°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac aux Pins.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac au Renard is 0.9 km off. What applies at Lac aux Pins may have changed since it was mapped.