Lac Pelens Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, this is Lac Pelens. The land about it is rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The nearest town is Saint-Boniface, 105 km away. Gatineau sits 216 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pelens

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Treat Lac Pelens as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 17°C, the coldest about -17°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Pelens.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Norante, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Pelens for certain.