Lac de la Ferme Fishing near Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Ferme lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. It stands 313 metres above sea level. Around 27 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The edge runs 2.2 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. For supplies, Notre-Dame-du-Lac is 64 km out. Then Témiscaming, 69 km, and Saint-Isidore, 84 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Ferme

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac de la Ferme the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -15°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac de la Ferme runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A made slipway is 1.3 km from here, which settles the boat question. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac Spring is 0.9 km distant. Treat access at Lac de la Ferme as something to verify.