Lac Parelle Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Parelle in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. It lies 443 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Supplies mean a trip to Val-d'Or, 58 km off. After that come Senneterre at 67 km and Barraute at 79 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Parelle

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Parelle gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -16°C to 17°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Parelle fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Lac Dogre is 0.9 km off. Nothing on Lac Parelle should be assumed from this page alone.