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

• Overview

  Lac de la Facade sits in Outaouais, out in Quebec. Around the bank it is rolling bush. The water covers some 29 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. About 3.9 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. The closest town, Saint-Boniface, is 98 km away. Maniwaki lies 108 km off, Saint-Raphaël another 117 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Facade

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac de la Facade responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -16°C for January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac de la Facade rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Lac de la Quete is 0.9 km off. Check the position on Lac de la Facade before loading the car.