Fishing at Lac Bogon, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The ground around here is lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 7 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. The closest town, Deep River, is 104 km distant. The big place round here is Gatineau, 225 km distant. What else is close: Lac Busted just 0.9 km, Lac Alagnon 1.3 km, Lac Hove just 1.4 km, Lac Blanat 1.6 km and Lac Tafia just 1.8 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bogon

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Bogon fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 17°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Anyone fishing Lac Bogon regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac Busted is 0.9 km distant. Where Lac Bogon is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.