Lac des Pins Blancs, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac des Pins Blancs in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue part of Quebec. Everything around it is rolling bush. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list holds plenty of bigger water. 51 km away sits Notre-Dame-du-Lac, the nearest town. Further out sit Témiscaming (56 km) and Mattawa (72 km). One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Pins Blancs

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Work Lac des Pins Blancs in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac des Pins Blancs.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac des Gadelliers, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac des Pins Blancs are worth checking on the day.