Lac Proville in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Proville is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue waters in Quebec. Elevation runs to 355 metres. It runs to roughly 57 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 3.2 km, small enough to learn in a day. Size puts it in the front rank of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. The closest town, Senneterre, is 94 km away. Then Val-d'Or, 104 km, and Barraute, 116 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Proville

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Work Lac Proville in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan around that when you fish Lac Proville.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Brush is 2.5 km distant. Signs at Lac Proville carry more weight than any list.