Fishing Lac Girofle in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, this is Lac Girofle. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Val-d'Or lies 85 km from the water. After that come Senneterre at 103 km and Malartic at 104 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Girofle

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Girofle the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about late November in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lac Girofle by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac Retable is 0.6 km off. Confirm before you fish Lac Girofle.