Lac Paquet Fishing near Senneterre, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, you have Lac Paquet. The water sits 452 metres up. Roughly 45 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 4.3 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Senneterre lies 86 km from the water. Further out sit Lebel-sur-Quévillon (113 km) and Barraute (115 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Paquet

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lac Paquet for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Lac Paquet regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lac Viger, 2.7 km away. The position on Lac Paquet is worth confirming on the day.