Lac Mersac Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Mersac is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, Quebec side. It lies 316 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. The closest town, Saint-Isidore, is 42 km distant. Greater Sudbury sits 197 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Mersac

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. 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. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Lac Mersac the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 18°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Lac Mersac by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lac du Chemin, 1.3 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lac Mersac.