Lac de la Pinte in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac de la Pinte lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Around the bank it is rolling bush. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Notre-Dame-du-Lac lies 84 km from the water. Beyond it, Témiscaming at 88 km and Mattawa at 98 km. In the same area: Lac du Gallon at about 0.4 km, Lac Regan after 0.9 km, Lac du Demiard at about 1.9 km, Lac Shigak after 2.4 km and Lac de la Chopine at about 2.4 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Pinte

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead among the fish reported. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Lac de la Pinte the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac de la Pinte runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this 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. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac du Gallon, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac de la Pinte in particular, ask before you travel.