Fishing at Lac Fabiola, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, this is Lac Fabiola. Height above sea level is 337 metres. At about 28 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.1 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Macamic is the closest place, 20 km off. It is 277 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fabiola

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Fabiola gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That is the shape of the year on Lac Fabiola.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Lavoie is 3.3 km distant. Rules at Lac Fabiola are worth checking on the day.