Lac Bey Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bey sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, out in Quebec. Elevation runs to 380 metres. About 2 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. You are 65 km from Senneterre. It is 282 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bey

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac Bey for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 17°C in July. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That shapes the year on Lac Bey.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A campsite is mapped about 1.3 km away, which makes an early start easier. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Dessia, 1.2 km away. Ask locally about Lac Bey if anything is unclear.