Lac du Rosier, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, you have Lac du Rosier. What surrounds it is pine and birch. About 2 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. The town to know is Val-d'Or, 98 km out. Further out sit Malartic (108 km) and Notre-Dame-du-Lac (117 km). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Rosier

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Lac du Rosier the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -15°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac du Rosier runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Muzy is 0.3 km off. The position on Lac du Rosier is worth confirming on the day.