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

• Overview

  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, is where Lac Landry sits. This is mixed forest ground. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Abitibi-Témiscamingue standards. Notre-Dame-du-Lac lies 82 km from the water. Greater Sudbury sits 227 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Landry

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Landry a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -15°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Time your trip to Lac Landry by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Mitasse, 1.7 km out. None of that is settled for Lac Landry in what we hold.