Lac Touriet Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, you have Lac Touriet. Height above sea level is 267 metres. At about 26 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 4.0 km in total. Rouyn-Noranda is the closest town at 29 km. Macamic is 33 km away, with La Sarre at 36 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Touriet

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. 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. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The near bank of Lac Touriet is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -17°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac Touriet fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac Monast at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Lac Touriet should be assumed from this page alone.