Fishing Lac Eventail in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Eventail lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec. It stands 337 metres above sea level. At about 11 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 1.6 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Some 88 km away sits Val-d'Or, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Gatineau, 251 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Eventail

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac Eventail for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -15°C in January up to 17°C in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early May to about late November in an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Eventail.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. 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. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Lac Mitsuap is 0.5 km distant. Check the position on Lac Eventail before loading the car.