Fishing Lac des Fourches in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac des Fourches in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Elevation runs to 295 metres. The nearest town is Saint-Isidore, 63 km away. Further out sit Malartic (71 km) and Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues (72 km). Other water within reach: Lac Nodier within 11 km, 14 km away is Lac Devlin, Lac Pierre within 18 km, 18 km away is Lac Ranger and Lac Gainsmoor within 19 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Fourches

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Lac des Fourches the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Lac des Fourches.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Nodier sits 11 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lac des Fourches in what we hold.