Fishing Lac Cercaire in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Cercaire in Outaouais, Quebec. It sits at 255 metres above sea level. About 2 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Most waters listed here for Outaouais are larger. For a base, Saint-Boniface sits 63 km out. For a city, Gatineau is 178 km off. Near neighbours: Lac Embryon roughly 0.7 km, Lac Lemming a shade over 1.1 km, Lac Berlion roughly 1.6 km, Lac du Bras a shade over 2 km and Lac Sinus roughly 2.3 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cercaire

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Cercaire fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lac Cercaire.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Embryon at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Lac Cercaire are worth checking on the day.