Lac Sheffield, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Sheffield is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. It lies 267 metres above sea level. Notre-Dame-du-Lac sits 41 km from here and is the nearest stop. Greater Sudbury sits 192 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Near neighbours include: Ruisseau Birch out at 3.9 km, Lac en Effigie a shade over 6 km, Lac Square out at 7 km, Lac Brennan a shade over 7 km and Lac Charette out at 7.2 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Sheffield

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac Sheffield responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Lac Sheffield regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. 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. For a change of water, Ruisseau Birch is 3.9 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Sheffield for certain.