Lac Hale in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Lac Hale in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The surface lies 432 metres up. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list holds plenty of bigger water. 114 km away sits Leblanc, the nearest town. For a city, Gatineau is 265 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Hale

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The shape of Lac Hale rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -18°C in January and 16°C in July. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lac Hale rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Yarvard, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Hale if anything is unclear.