Lac de l'Orage Fishing near Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de l'Orage lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec. It lies 315 metres above sea level. With some 24 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 2.8 km of margin, front to back. The closest town, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, is 32 km away. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 178 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Orage

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac de l'Orage the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Lac de l'Orage regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Lac de l'Ondee at 0.4 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Lac de l'Orage in what we hold.