Fishing at Lac Bulligny, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bulligny is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. The land about it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Abitibi-Témiscamingue are larger. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Boniface, 108 km away. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 216 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bulligny

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Bulligny fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. The lid tends to go about early May and return around late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Bulligny runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. You can camp about 880 m away, going by the mapping. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Kanamini at 1.1 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position on Lac Bulligny before loading the car.