Lac Doyon, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Doyon is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. Around the bank it is boreal forest. It measures about 25 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Shoreline comes to about 1.9 km, small enough to learn in a day. The nearest place of any size is Amos, 34 km away. Then Macamic, 34 km, and La Sarre, 50 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Doyon

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The near bank of Lac Doyon is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Lac Doyon the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac au Sable sits 2.2 km off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Lac Doyon as something to verify.