Fishing Lac Authier in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, sits Lac Authier. Height above sea level is 313 metres. This is sizeable water at about 1.42 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. The shoreline runs about 5.3 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Few waters listed in Abitibi-Témiscamingue are bigger. Nearest place of any size is Macamic, 39 km away. Beyond it, La Sarre at 48 km and Amos at 56 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Authier

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Authier gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac Authier runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lac Kadulami, 3.9 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Authier for certain.