Lac des Amis Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Amis is one of the Outaouais listings for Quebec. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Outaouais. For a base, Ripon sits 19 km out. It is 47 km to Orléans, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Amis

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Lac des Amis for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Lac des Amis rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. 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. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac des Camelines is 1.2 km off. For Lac des Amis in particular, ask before you travel.