Lac a Poux, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. The ground around here is lake country bush. Head to Mont-Laurier, 14 km away, for anything you forgot. Gatineau is the closest city, 107 km away. Near neighbours include: Lac Grenier a touch under 1 km, Lac Turpin 1.4 km off, Lac a Memene a touch under 1.7 km, Lac de la Baie Noire 2.4 km off and Lac Lesage a touch under 2.8 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Poux

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac a Poux the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Time your trip to Lac a Poux by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Grenier at 1 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Lac a Poux as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.