Fishing at Lac du Decri, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Decri is listed under Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. This is spruce and muskeg country. Val-d'Or is the closest place, 98 km off. Senneterre follows at 99 km, then Barraute at 117 km. More in the same country: Lac des Rhynchites a touch under 0.4 km, 0.9 km away is Lac Mannite, Lac Absinthe a touch under 1.5 km, 2 km away is Lac Hyde and Lac Omer a touch under 2.4 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Decri

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Lac du Decri the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Lac du Decri that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lac des Rhynchites, 0.4 km away. Where Lac du Decri is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.