Lac Kessik, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Kessik falls in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, part of Quebec. The surface lies 273 metres up. At about 63 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 5.0 km on foot. Few waters listed in Abitibi-Témiscamingue are bigger. Head to Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 50 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 200 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Kessik

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lac Kessik to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Kessik fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Foetus, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Kessik should be assumed from this page alone.