Fishing at Lac Aigrette, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Aigrette lies within the bounds of Outaouais, Quebec. Elevation runs to 398 metres. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Saint-Boniface sits 102 km out. It is 218 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. Water in the same corner: Lac Remora about 0.8 km, Lac Targon within 0.9 km, Lac Jeannie about 1.3 km, Lac Termite within 1.4 km and Lac Oscule about 1.6 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Aigrette

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Lac Aigrette the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 17°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Lac Aigrette follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Remora, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lac Aigrette in what we hold.