Lac Bourgeois, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Bourgeois is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. The ground around here is rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Chelsea is 7 km out. Saint-Alexandre lies 9.6 km off, Cantley another 10 km. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bourgeois

  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. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Lac Bourgeois to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -12°C in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lac Bourgeois follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. The mapped parking is Lac Bourgeois Parking, 100 m away. Picnic facilities are recorded some 1.4 km out. Toilets show in mapping about 690 m away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac Fortune, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Bourgeois may have changed since it was mapped.