Fishing Lac Asson in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Asson belongs to Outaouais, Quebec. Height above sea level is 235 metres. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Head to Saint-Boniface, 41 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Gatineau, 157 km distant. Also worth knowing: Lac Leamy a shade over 0.4 km, Lac Manade about 0.8 km, Lac Fellah a shade over 1.1 km, Lac Onagre about 1.2 km and Lac Jonque a shade over 1.3 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Asson

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. The county list is broader than any single water. At Lac Asson light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 18°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That is the shape of the year on Lac Asson.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Leamy at 0.4 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lac Asson may have changed since it was mapped.