Lac Long Fishing near Senneterre, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Long sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, out in Quebec. The water sits 437 metres up. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The bank runs about 3.0 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Leblanc at 110 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Gatineau is 281 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work Lac Long in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Long runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Macdonald, 0.8 km out. Confirm before you fish Lac Long.