Lac Bicknell Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bicknell is one of the Outaouais listings for Quebec. The setting is pine and birch. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. You are 32 km from Deep River. Further out sit Chalk River (42 km) and Petawawa (61 km). Near neighbours include: Lac Bernhardi 0.7 km, Lac Besser lies 0.7 km on, Lac Beyrich 0.9 km, Lac Tap lies 1.2 km on and Lac Berchtold 1.2 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bicknell

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Anyone new to Lac Bicknell should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 18°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Bicknell regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Bernhardi at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lac Bicknell.