Storms in the forecast today, with mild air moving in from the WSW and pressure going nowhere. The productive water at Lac Dace will be around the first drop-off and weed lines. A hard day on paper; the night edges the rest. Scale down and fish slowly. The season of moving fish: stay mobile and watch for bait.
The bites are poor now
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Quebec, is where Lac Dace sits. It sits in rolling bush country. About 9 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. About 1.8 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Mattawa is the closest town at 36 km. Deep River is 61 km away, with Chalk River at 69 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.
Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The near bank of Lac Dace is often the one people ignore. A quiet approach matters most in shallow water.
Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -13°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac Dace fishes to that pattern most years.
Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Sauvole at 1 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Lac Dace is worth confirming on the day.
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The bites are poor now
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| 10.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 10 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
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