Petit lac Calve Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Calve lies within the bounds of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. The surface lies 417 metres up. For a base, Senneterre sits 63 km out. Val-d'Or follows at 75 km, then Barraute at 84 km. Nearest other option: Lac Beauval 1.1 km off, Lac Fulleren at 1.2 km, Lac Yser 2.9 km off, Lac Kergos at 3.4 km and Lac Tana 4.2 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Calve

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Petit lac Calve is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -17°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Petit lac Calve by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac Beauval, 1.1 km away. Where Petit lac Calve is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.