Lac de la Nichee, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Nichee is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, Quebec side. The land about it is rolling bush. Surface area is around 34 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. A shoreline of some 5.0 km keeps the choices simple. Mattawa lies 57 km from the water. Further out sit Notre-Dame-du-Lac (64 km) and Témiscaming (67 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Nichee

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac de la Nichee the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Lac de la Nichee follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac du Vautour at 2.3 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Lac de la Nichee in what we hold.