Lac de la Batture, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Batture is listed under Outaouais, Quebec. It lies 205 metres above sea level. Small at around 9 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. The closest town, Saint-Raphaël, is 31 km distant. After that come Wakefield at 40 km and Maniwaki at 42 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Batture

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lac de la Batture before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 19°C, with January the cold end at about -13°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near early December in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Expect Lac de la Batture to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. A campsite lies 1.4 km away for anyone staying over. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Lac Alderic-Knight is 1 km distant. Ask locally about Lac de la Batture if anything is unclear.