Fishing Lac Numance in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Numance is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, in Quebec. The ground round it is northern bush. The water covers some 90 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. At about 7.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Val-d'Or is the closest town at 57 km. Beyond it, Senneterre at 72 km and Malartic at 79 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Numance

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Numance to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -16°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Lac Numance the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Ache, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Numance, the notice at the access point is the final word.