Fishing at Lac Daoust, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Daoust is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. It sits in rolling bush. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Nearest place of any size is Ripon, 5.5 km away. Saint-André-Avellin is 13 km and Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel 20 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Daoust

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Outaouais: pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Daoust repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 19°C, while January sits near -13°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Lac Daoust by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public data records a pier about 780 m out. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac Viceroy, 1.7 km away. Nothing on Lac Daoust should be assumed from this page alone.