Lac des Ronces Fishing near Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Ronces is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. It measures about 22 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 2.5 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For supplies, Notre-Dame-du-Lac is 57 km out. Further out sit Témiscaming (62 km) and Saint-Isidore (68 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Ronces

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The near bank of Lac des Ronces is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -15°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Lac des Ronces runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Shingosi, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac des Ronces in particular, ask before you travel.