Fishing at Lac Ablemont, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Ablemont, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The ground round it is mixed forest. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Shoreline comes to about 1.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, Notre-Dame-du-Lac is 106 km out. The big place round here is Gatineau, 238 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ablemont

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Ablemont gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Expect Lac Ablemont to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac Ulex is 0.7 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Ablemont for certain.