Lac Tamison, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Tamison is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, Quebec side. Around the bank it is boreal forest. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 2.4 km of margin, front to back. Some 109 km away sits Senneterre, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Gatineau, 237 km distant. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tamison

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Lac Tamison the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Tamison.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Lac des Bostryches, 0.5 km out. Rules at Lac Tamison are worth checking on the day.