Lac du Sarrasin Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  The Abitibi-Témiscamingue end of Quebec holds Lac du Sarrasin. It stands 368 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 10 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. About 1.5 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Saint-Boniface is the closest town at 107 km. For a city, Gatineau is 209 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Sarrasin

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac du Sarrasin that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac du Sarrasin fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Roussac, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lac du Sarrasin in what we hold.