Petit lac des Six Iles in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Petit lac des Six Iles is one of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue waters in Quebec. The ground round it is lake country bush. At some 5.19 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. With about 58 km of shoreline, local advice saves a lot of walking. It ranks high for size among our Abitibi-Témiscamingue listings. You are 54 km from Notre-Dame-du-Lac. Further out sit Saint-Isidore (54 km) and Témiscaming (58 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac des Six Iles

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Petit lac des Six Iles fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 18°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That shapes the year on Petit lac des Six Iles.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac Six Milles, 2 km out. For Petit lac des Six Iles, the notice at the access point is the final word.