Fishing Lac du Colibri in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Colibri lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Everything around it is pine and birch. It runs to roughly 49 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 4.8 km keeps the choices simple. The town to know is Mattawa, 65 km out. Deep River is 76 km and Notre-Dame-du-Lac 78 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Colibri

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lac du Colibri fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -15°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan around that when you fish Lac du Colibri.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac des Framboises at 3.6 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac du Colibri in particular, ask before you travel.