Lac Cirre in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Cirre falls inside Outaouais. It stands 385 metres above sea level. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Saint-Boniface is the closest town at 102 km. Then Maniwaki, 112 km, and Deep River, 117 km. What else is close: Lac du Tremble at about 0.7 km, Lac de l'Officier within 1 km, Lac Crisia at about 1.1 km, Lac Sceptre within 1.5 km and Lac Ciroux at about 1.9 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cirre

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Cirre repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on Lac Cirre.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Lac du Tremble, 0.7 km away. Nothing on Lac Cirre should be assumed from this page alone.