Lac Lambert Fishing near Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lambert is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. The surface lies 344 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list holds plenty of bigger water. Notre-Dame-du-Lac at 52 km is the nearest place to stop. After that come Mattawa at 53 km and Témiscaming at 56 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lambert

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Lac Lambert the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 18°C and January near -14°C on the long-run figures. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lac Lambert fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Leo, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Lambert may have changed since it was mapped.