Lac des Bleuets Fishing near Saint-Raphaël, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Bleuets belongs to Outaouais, Quebec. It sits at 224 metres above sea level. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Outaouais list. Saint-Raphaël lies 16 km from the water. After that come Maniwaki at 29 km and Saint-Boniface at 39 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Bleuets

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The shape of Lac des Bleuets rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It holds true on Lac des Bleuets more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac a Josee, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac des Bleuets for certain.