Lac Alene, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Height above sea level is 342 metres. The nearest place of any size is Val-d'Or, 99 km away. Malartic lies 116 km off, Senneterre another 121 km. Other water within reach: Lac Pavois 2.2 km off, Lac Camitogama out at 2.3 km, Lac Linon 2.6 km off, Lac de la Seiche out at 2.9 km and Lac Virton 3 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Alene

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Work Lac Alene in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -16°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about late November in an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Alene.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Pavois is 2.2 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Alene.