Lac du Lemming Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Lac du Lemming is a Quebec water. This is pine and birch country. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. Supplies mean a trip to Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 43 km off. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 188 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Lemming

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Work Lac du Lemming in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 18°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac du Lemming runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Lac de la Froidure is 0.9 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Lemming for certain.