Fishing Lac Labelle in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Labelle in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The water sits 368 metres up. About 10 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. The nearest town is Rouyn-Noranda, 33 km away. After that come Kirkland Lake at 43 km and Englehart at 50 km. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Lac Labelle

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. 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. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Labelle the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -17°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lac Labelle follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Clinchamp, 1.5 km out. Where Lac Labelle is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.