Lac La Haie Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac La Haie is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. Around the bank it is northern bush. Surface area is around 30 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. At about 6.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. The nearest place of any size is Rouyn-Noranda, 36 km away. Beyond it, Macamic at 38 km and Amos at 44 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac La Haie

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Lac La Haie where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -18°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Lac La Haie.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac des Ours at 0.8 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Lac La Haie as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.