Lac Nauzon Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Nauzon falls inside Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The water sits 356 metres up. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. The closest town, Val-d'Or, is 97 km away. Malartic is 113 km away, with Senneterre at 122 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Nauzon

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Lac Nauzon where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -16°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Lac Nauzon that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. 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. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac Martin is 0.8 km off. Check the position at Lac Nauzon before loading the car.