Lac Audet Fishing near Barraute, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Audet falls in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, part of Quebec. The surface lies 305 metres up. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Abitibi-Témiscamingue standards. Barraute is the closest place, 1.2 km off. Senneterre is 30 km away, with Amos at 38 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Audet

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Audet responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -17°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Lac Audet.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac des Carifel, 3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lac Audet is worth confirming on the day.