Lac Reart Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Reart is listed under Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. It sits in northern bush country. Start from Senneterre, 82 km down the road. Gatineau sits 263 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others worth noting: Lac Ozourt a touch under 0.3 km, Lac Seraphin after 0.5 km, Lac des Jurons a touch under 0.7 km, Lac Veniat after 1 km and Lac Pys a touch under 1.1 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Reart

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Reart that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan any trip to Lac Reart around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Ozourt, 0.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac Reart in particular, ask before you travel.