A grey, even sky over the water, with next to no ripple and steady pressure. Start the search at Lac Golf along bays that hold the day's warmth. Not a day the forecast likes; the morning keeps a flicker of interest. Fish the best hour hard and keep the rest short. Cooler water spreads fish back across the shallows.
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Lac Golf is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings for Quebec. The water sits 271 metres up. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The town to know is Rouyn-Noranda, 24 km out. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 223 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.
Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Lac Golf the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.
Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -16°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan any trip to Lac Golf around it.
Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Petit lac Barriere, 2.7 km out. Check the position at Lac Golf before loading the car.
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| 89 | 91 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 64 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 84 |
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