Lac Bob-Cat in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Bob-Cat stands in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The water sits 292 metres up. With some 10 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 2.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Nearest town is Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 4.1 km off. Témiscaming is 4.2 km and Mattawa 51 km. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bob-Cat

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Bob-Cat the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -13°C to 18°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Lac Bob-Cat that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Gros lac Keeler, 1.1 km out. Confirm before you fish Lac Bob-Cat.