Fishing Lac Oliphant in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Oliphant sits within Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Quebec. It sits in spruce and muskeg country. The water covers some 31 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 2.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The closest town, Senneterre, is 90 km away. Gatineau sits 254 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Oliphant

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. 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. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Lac Oliphant the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Oliphant.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Lac Allou at 1 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac Oliphant should be assumed from this page alone.