Lac de l'Anesse Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac de l'Anesse falls inside Outaouais. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. You are 16 km from Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. Orléans sits 55 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Water in the same corner: Lac de la Province (0.6 km), Lac Matow sits 0.8 km out, Lac Matosipi (0.9 km), Lac Mascouche sits 1.5 km out and Lac du Micmac (1.6 km). The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de l'Anesse

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Outaouais: pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Lac de l'Anesse is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -13°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Plan around that when you fish Lac de l'Anesse.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac de la Province, 0.6 km out. Where Lac de l'Anesse is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.