Fishing at Lac Rond, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Rond, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Around the bank it is northern bush. The whole thing is a single swim; walk it in a minute. Our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Rouyn-Noranda, 37 km away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 281 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac Rond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -18°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Rond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is recorded parking some 410 m off. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Failing this one, try Lac du Moulin, 0.7 km away. What applies at Lac Rond may have changed since it was mapped.