Lac Boisvert Fishing near Deep River, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Boisvert sits in Outaouais, out in Quebec. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Nearest town is Deep River, 21 km off. For a city, Gatineau is 159 km off. Other water within reach: Lac Pelletier sits 0.7 km out, Lac Robillard some 1 km off, Lac Lasalle sits 1.6 km out, Lac Jovette some 1.7 km off and Lac Gravelle sits 2.2 km out. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Boisvert

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Boisvert decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Lac Boisvert by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Pelletier, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac Boisvert is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.