Lac Alibi, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Outaouais end of Quebec holds Lac Alibi. It stands 359 metres above sea level. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Outaouais standards. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Boniface, 102 km away. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 215 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Alibi

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac Alibi for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -17°C in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice clears near early May and comes back about late November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Lac Alibi more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Lac Sautron at 2.6 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac Alibi should be assumed from this page alone.