Fishing Lac Bois in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Bois in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Everything around it is mixed forest. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Notre-Dame-du-Lac at 55 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 203 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. Others within reach: Lac du Poil 1.3 km away, Lac Sambo roughly 1.4 km, Lac Duck 2.2 km away, Lac Jolin roughly 2.2 km and Lac Grant 3 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bois

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. 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. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lac Bois gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Lac Bois more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac du Poil, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Lac Bois before loading the car.