Lac Bombyx Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  The Abitibi-Témiscamingue entry here is Lac Bombyx, in Quebec. This is rolling bush ground. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. For supplies, Val-d'Or is 106 km out. Then Malartic, 119 km, and Deep River, 120 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bombyx

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish 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 Bombyx that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -16°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about late November in an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Bombyx runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Derome is 0.8 km distant. Nothing on Lac Bombyx should be assumed from this page alone.