Lac Grenier Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, you have Lac Grenier. It sits in rolling bush country. Roughly 15 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 2.3 km of margin, front to back. The nearest town is Ville-Marie, 19 km away. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 153 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Grenier

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lac Grenier the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Lac Grenier.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Lac a l'Eau Noire is 1.8 km distant. For Lac Grenier, the notice at the access point is the final word.