Lac Tameron, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, this is Lac Tameron. The setting is spruce and muskeg on every side. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. Val-d'Or sits 65 km from here and is the nearest stop. Gatineau sits 271 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tameron

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Treat Lac Tameron as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -16°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Lac Tameron regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Rave, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Tameron should be assumed from this page alone.