Lac de la Vase Fishing near Saint-Boniface, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Lac de la Vase is a Quebec water. The surroundings are rolling bush. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Outaouais. The town to know is Saint-Boniface, 57 km out. After that come Maniwaki at 70 km and Ferme-Neuve at 70 km. If this one is busy: Lac Pommainville after 1.9 km, Lac Alnay at 2.1 km, Lac Elkin after 2.1 km, Lac Dammar at 2.2 km and Lac Susan after 2.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Vase

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Lac de la Vase before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -17°C at the bottom of winter. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Lac de la Vase fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Lac Pommainville at 1.9 km is the nearest alternative. Where Lac de la Vase is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.