Lac de la Perchaude Fishing near Ripon, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Outaouais, Quebec. Height above sea level is 221 metres. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Ripon, 11 km away. Orléans is the closest city, 42 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Perchaude

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include 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. Lac de la Perchaude responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -13°C in January up to 19°C in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Lac de la Perchaude regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Mapping shows a jetty some 1.2 km off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac Mort at 0.4 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Lac de la Perchaude should be assumed from this page alone.