Lac Anna, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Anna is one of the Outaouais waters in Quebec. Height above sea level is 397 metres. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Boniface, 53 km away. Maniwaki lies 62 km off, Saint-Raphaël another 70 km. Close by you have: Lac Ted out at 1.8 km, Lac Edna at 2.9 km, Lac Wu out at 3 km, Lac Raymond at 3.7 km and Lac Altud out at 4.8 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Anna

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Lac Anna where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Anna regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. There is a jetty 300 m off, worth knowing on a busy day. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac Ted is 1.8 km off. What applies at Lac Anna may have changed since it was mapped.