Fishing at Lac a Laurin, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Lac a Laurin is a Quebec water. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. You are 1.5 km from Val-des-Monts. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 20 km away. Within a short drive: Lac Scattergood 0.6 km away, Lac McIntyre at 0.9 km, Lac Bonin 1.7 km away, La Heronniere at 2.8 km and Lac Brassard 3.1 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Laurin

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Lac a Laurin a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -12°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac a Laurin fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A slipway is marked about 910 m from here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Scattergood is 0.6 km off. Where Lac a Laurin is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.