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

• Overview

  Lac de la Lune sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, out in Quebec. The surface lies 293 metres up. Surface area is around 27 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With about 3.0 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. 16 km away sits Notre-Dame-du-Lac, the nearest town. Témiscaming lies 18 km off, Ville-Marie another 56 km. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Lune

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Read Lac de la Lune before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac de la Lune runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Marsac, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac de la Lune is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.