Lac aux Taillis in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, sits Lac aux Taillis. Everything around it is taiga. With some 12 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. A shoreline of some 1.3 km keeps the choices simple. Val-d'Or sits 55 km from here and is the nearest stop. Then Malartic, 75 km, and Senneterre, 76 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Taillis

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Treat Lac aux Taillis as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Lac aux Taillis the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac de l'Effroi is 0.9 km distant. Treat Lac aux Taillis as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.