Lac Urs, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Urs belongs to Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The water sits 371 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. The nearest town is Val-d'Or, 60 km away. Gatineau sits 280 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Urs

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lac Urs the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On Lac Urs that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. A campsite is mapped about 1.5 km away, which makes an early start easier. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Urbise at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Urs, the notice at the access point is the final word.