Fishing at Lac de la Fourche, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Lac de la Fourche is a Quebec water. The water sits 236 metres up. At about 44 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The shoreline runs about 5.5 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Outaouais list. The nearest place of any size is Ripon, 21 km away. It is 47 km to Orléans, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Fourche

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Lac de la Fourche repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -14°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac de la Fourche.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac des Tetras is 1.3 km distant. Check the position at Lac de la Fourche before loading the car.