Fishing Lac Cadrat in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Cadrat belongs to Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The water sits 344 metres up. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. Start from Val-d'Or, 71 km down the road. Malartic is 79 km away, with Barraute at 109 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cadrat

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Lac Cadrat responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac Cadrat fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac Babil is 0.8 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac Cadrat.