Fishing Lac Wally in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Wally in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. It sits in northern bush country. About 6 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Leblanc is the closest town at 95 km. For a city, Gatineau is 287 km off. Within a short drive: Lac Ferron a touch under 1.8 km, Lac Picard just 1.9 km, Lac James a touch under 2 km, Lac Naomi just 2.4 km and Lac Sirois a touch under 3 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Wally

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue list northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac Wally gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -18°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Lac Wally.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Ferron is 1.8 km off. Treat access at Lac Wally as something to verify.