Lac Moosehide, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The water sits 310 metres up. Surface area runs to roughly 2.64 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. With about 31 km of shoreline, local advice saves a lot of walking. It is among the larger waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue. For a base, Notre-Dame-du-Lac sits 66 km out. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 217 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Moosehide

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lac Moosehide to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Lac Moosehide around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Lac Eses, 2.3 km out. None of that is settled for Lac Moosehide in what we hold.