Petit lac Goarlot Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, is where Petit lac Goarlot sits. The bank is 390 metres above sea level. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Abitibi-Témiscamingue standards. You are 107 km from Deep River. Chalk River lies 116 km off, Val-d'Or another 117 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Goarlot

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Abitibi-Témiscamingue include northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Take Petit lac Goarlot a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -15°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. At Petit lac Goarlot the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Lac Goarlot, 0.8 km out. Rules at Petit lac Goarlot are worth checking on the day.