Lac en Fourche Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac en Fourche in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The surroundings are rolling bush. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Some 93 km away sits Saint-Isidore, the nearest settlement. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 237 km away. Neighbouring water: Lac en Quille after 0.8 km, Petit lac Swamp (1.2 km), Lac en J after 1.8 km, Lac Clover (3 km) and Lac des Quatre Milles after 3.6 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac en Fourche

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Lac en Fourche before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac en Fourche.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac en Quille, 0.8 km away. Confirm access to Lac en Fourche locally before you travel.