Fishing Lac Regros in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Regros is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, Quebec side. Elevation runs to 380 metres. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Shoreline comes to about 3.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. Val-d'Or at 59 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Gatineau, 284 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Regros

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Lac Regros for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Lac Regros more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Lac Caracul at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lac Regros as something to verify.