Lac Dubois Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Dubois lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec. Around the bank it is mixed forest. It runs to roughly 42 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 4.5 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Head to Mattawa, 33 km away, for anything you forgot. Notre-Dame-du-Lac lies 61 km off, Témiscaming another 62 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Dubois

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Dubois the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -14°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. It holds true on Lac Dubois more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac Cheroy is 3.3 km distant. Where Lac Dubois is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.