Lac Fisher Fishing near Saint-Isidore, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Fisher is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 332 metres. It measures about 24 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 4.8 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 48 km from Saint-Isidore. After that come Ville-Marie at 54 km and Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues at 59 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fisher

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Abitibi-Témiscamingue, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac Fisher the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -15°C in January up to 18°C in July. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. On Lac Fisher that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Sec is 1.6 km distant. Signs at Lac Fisher carry more weight than any list.