Lac De Chabert Fishing near Malartic, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac De Chabert sits within Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Quebec. Elevation runs to 333 metres. With some 44 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 3.9 km of margin, front to back. For supplies, Malartic is 32 km out. After that come Rouyn-Noranda at 42 km and Val-d'Or at 55 km. Others close at hand: Lac Montanier about 1.9 km, Lac Sil roughly 2.6 km, Lac Jonquet about 7.8 km, Lac Serment roughly 8.3 km and Lac Chambray about 9 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac De Chabert

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac De Chabert the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on Lac De Chabert.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Montanier at 1.9 km is the sensible second choice. Where Lac De Chabert is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.