Grand lac du Pin Rouge in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Grand lac du Pin Rouge in the Outaouais part of Quebec. Height above sea level is 229 metres. Roughly 28 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 3.4 km in total. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Supplies mean a trip to Ripon, 9 km off. After that come Saint-André-Avellin at 15 km and Thurso at 24 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Grand lac du Pin Rouge

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Grand lac du Pin Rouge fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -13°C to 19°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Grand lac du Pin Rouge.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac du Canal at 0.3 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position at Grand lac du Pin Rouge before loading the car.