Lac Eclipse, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Height above sea level is 382 metres. Val-d'Or lies 109 km from the water. Deep River lies 116 km off, Malartic another 121 km. Also within reach: Lac Pagel out at 1.7 km, Lac Drac about 2.1 km, Lac Cairns out at 2.2 km, Lac Cacique about 2.8 km and Lac Wallace out at 2.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Eclipse

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. On Lac Eclipse a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -16°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Lac Eclipse more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Pagel, 1.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Eclipse if anything is unclear.