Lac Fouillac Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Fouillac lies in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec. The surface lies 309 metres up. Around 44 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The bank runs about 4.3 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. The town to know is Malartic, 17 km out. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 266 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fouillac

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Treat Lac Fouillac as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan any trip to Lac Fouillac around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lac Ledache is 2 km distant. For Lac Fouillac in particular, ask before you travel.