Lac Buxy, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, sits Lac Buxy. It sits in pine and birch. The water measures roughly 2 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. The closest town, Val-d'Or, is 67 km distant. After that come Malartic at 75 km and Barraute at 105 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Buxy

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name 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 Buxy fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 17°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. 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 Buxy runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac des Cinq Portages, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Buxy if anything is unclear.