Lac Fournelet Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Fournelet belongs to Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The surroundings are mixed forest. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Nearest place of any size is Deep River, 107 km away. Notre-Dame-du-Lac is 110 km away, with Mattawa at 114 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fournelet

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac Fournelet light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 17°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Fournelet.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac du Sableur, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Fournelet should be assumed from this page alone.