Fishing Lac Legendre in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Legendre falls in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, part of Quebec. Height above sea level is 387 metres. It runs to roughly 66 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 3.5 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. It is among the larger waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The closest town, Barraute, is 13 km away. It is 320 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Legendre

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Fish Lac Legendre where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -17°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lac Legendre runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Roy, 2.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Legendre should be assumed from this page alone.