Lac Hog, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, sits Lac Hog. The water sits 437 metres up. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. For a base, Leblanc sits 102 km out. Beyond it, Manawan at 122 km and Senneterre at 130 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Hog

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Lac Hog before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 16°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Lac Hog more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac Pi, 0.5 km away. Confirm before you fish Lac Hog.