Lac du Poil in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Poil is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. It sits at 311 metres above sea level. At roughly 9 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Notre-Dame-du-Lac is the closest place, 53 km off. Greater Sudbury sits 202 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Poil

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Lac du Poil for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -15°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac du Poil runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is a jetty 600 m off, worth knowing on a busy day. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Lac Duck is 0.9 km distant. Nothing on Lac du Poil should be assumed from this page alone.