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

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Lac du Renversis is a Quebec water. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. At about 15 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 1.9 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. The town to know is Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 51 km out. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 201 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Renversis

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. The shape of Lac du Renversis decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -14°C to 18°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Expect Lac du Renversis to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Foetus is 1.5 km off. Treat Lac du Renversis as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.