Lac de la Perdrix, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Perdrix lies in Outaouais, in Quebec. The water sits 335 metres up. The water covers some 62 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 4.8 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. On our Outaouais list it sits near the top for size. The closest town, Deep River, is 73 km distant. The big place round here is Gatineau, 190 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Perdrix

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Lac de la Perdrix is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Time your trip to Lac de la Perdrix by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Lac de la Chaussee, 1.8 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac de la Perdrix for certain.