Lac Kelly Fishing near Chibougamau, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. Land around it is boreal forest. At about 15 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.8 km in total. Most waters listed here for Nord-du-Québec are larger. The closest town, Chibougamau, is 53 km distant. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 244 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Kelly

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Kelly where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 16°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Kelly.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Lac Targe, 1.1 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Kelly for certain.