Lac Tripale, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Abitibi-Témiscamingue end of Quebec holds Lac Tripale. This is mixed forest ground. It runs to roughly 68 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. At about 9.5 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It ranks high for size among our Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings. The nearest place of any size is Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 74 km away. Greater Sudbury sits 220 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Tripale

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Abitibi-Témiscamingue names northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Tripale a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -15°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Tripale.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Macreuse sits 1.4 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Tripale may have changed since it was mapped.