Lac a Pierre Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac a Pierre belongs to Outaouais. The setting is lake country bush. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Saint-Raphaël is the closest town at 12 km. Gatineau sits 77 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Nearest other option: Lac Patry at 1.2 km, Lac Pine at about 1.6 km, Lac Caron at 2.8 km, Lac Glen at about 3 km and Lac Wright at 3 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Pierre

  Depth figures are not published for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Take Lac a Pierre a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 19°C, the coldest about -13°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about early December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Lac a Pierre regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Patry is 1.2 km off. None of that is settled for Lac a Pierre in what we hold.