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

• Overview

  Lac en Cloche falls in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, part of Quebec. It lies 337 metres above sea level. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The town to know is Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 88 km out. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 232 km away. Other water within reach: Lac Palme 0.9 km, Lac Sucker at 1.4 km, Lac Wabak 3 km, Lac Assaman at 3.6 km and Lac Martin 3.8 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac en Cloche

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Lac en Cloche for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan any trip to Lac en Cloche around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is a pier recorded roughly 950 m away. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Palme, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac en Cloche.