Fishing Lac Shanty in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The ground round it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 29 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 4.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Some 40 km away sits Notre-Dame-du-Lac, the nearest settlement. It is 168 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Shanty

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Shanty a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -15°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. It holds true on Lac Shanty more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A pier 910 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac Choquette is 1.6 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Shanty.