Lac Badant Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Quebec, this is Lac Badant. It stands 384 metres above sea level. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. 66 km away sits Saint-Boniface, the nearest town. For a city, Gatineau is 179 km off. Close by you have: Lac des Varrons about 0.2 km, Lac des Tanches after 0.4 km, Lac Anglin about 1 km, Lac Trilby after 1.8 km and Lac Lucie about 2.1 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Badant

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lac Badant for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 17°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Lac Badant regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is a campsite 610 m from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac des Varrons is 0.2 km distant. The position on Lac Badant is worth confirming on the day.