Lac Pin Fishing Guide, Quebec, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Quebec, sits Lac Pin. Beyond the shoreline you have lake country bush. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Mattawa is the closest town at 5.2 km. Further out sit Témiscaming (50 km) and Notre-Dame-du-Lac (51 km). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pin

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Lac Pin fishes better once you know its edges. A slow retrieve near cover beats a fast one over open water.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -13°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lac Pin rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Robertson is 1.1 km off. None of that is settled for Lac Pin in what we hold.