Fishing Lac Doge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Doge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. What surrounds it is spruce and muskeg. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list holds plenty of bigger water. Val-d'Or is the closest place, 60 km off. Gatineau sits 280 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Doge

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lac Doge repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac Doge.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Lac Agami at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. What applies at Lac Doge may have changed since it was mapped.