Lac de la Bourse in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Lac de la Bourse. The water sits 292 metres up. This is a tiny water, and one quiet approach covers all of it. Most waters listed here for Outaouais are larger. 14 km away sits Ripon, the nearest town. Orléans sits 49 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Bourse

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Lac de la Bourse that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac de la Bourse.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac des Berles is 0.2 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac de la Bourse for certain.