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

• Overview

  Lac Edgar lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec. The ground round it is taiga. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Leblanc lies 103 km from the water. Manawan lies 119 km off, Senneterre another 132 km. Near neighbours include: Lac Purl 1.1 km away, Lac Gwen a touch under 1.8 km, Lac Paddy 1.8 km away, Lac Blank a touch under 2 km and Lac Racine 2 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Edgar

  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. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac Edgar the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On Lac Edgar the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. 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 parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Purl, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lac Edgar is worth confirming on the day.