Lac Tee Fishing Guide, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Tee falls inside Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. This is sizeable water at about 5.56 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. Notre-Dame-du-Lac sits 3.9 km from the bank. Témiscaming lies 8.3 km off, Mattawa another 58 km. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tee

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Abitibi-Témiscamingue records list northern pike, yellow perch and walleye among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac Tee the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -14°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Expect Lac Tee to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac des Baies is 2.2 km distant. None of that is settled for Lac Tee in what we hold.