Petit lac Patissee in Abitibi-Témiscamingue: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Petit lac Patissee is an Abitibi-Témiscamingue water, Quebec side. The bank gives way to lake country bush. It runs to roughly 85 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 5.5 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Abitibi-Témiscamingue list. The town to know is Notre-Dame-du-Lac, 28 km out. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 178 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Patissee

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Abitibi-Témiscamingue: northern pike, yellow perch, walleye, white sucker and brown bullhead. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Petit lac Patissee the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Expect Petit lac Patissee to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Villedonne is 1.2 km off. Nothing on Petit lac Patissee should be assumed from this page alone.