Lac Poularies, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, sits Lac Poularies. This is northern bush country. It runs to roughly 56 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The edge runs 3.2 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. On our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list it sits near the top for size. The nearest town is Macamic, 19 km away. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 283 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Poularies

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Lac Poularies decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Poularies runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Lac Morin, 1.2 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Poularies for certain.