Lac de l'Equerre, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, this is Lac de l'Equerre. It sits at 295 metres above sea level. The closest town, Ville-Marie, is 23 km distant. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 153 km distant. Other water nearby: Lac du Trou at 0.6 km, Lac a l'Eau Claire the better part of 1.6 km, Lac Burns at 1.9 km, Lac a l'Eau Noire the better part of 2 km and Lac Laperriere at 2.4 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Equerre

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac de l'Equerre gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -15°C in January and 18°C in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Lac de l'Equerre by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is a pier recorded roughly 210 m away. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Trou sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Where Lac de l'Equerre is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.