Petit lac Loten Fishing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac Loten is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, Quebec side. It stands 411 metres above sea level. At roughly 2 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. On size it sits at the modest end of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. Senneterre is the closest place, 57 km off. The big place round here is Gatineau, 290 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Loten

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Abitibi-Témiscamingue cover northern pike, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Petit lac Loten the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -18°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Petit lac Loten by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Mapping shows a campsite some 1.1 km from the water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Loten, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Petit lac Loten if anything is unclear.