Lac des Cinq Milles Fishing near Saint-Boniface, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Outaouais, Quebec. The bank gives way to lake country bush. It runs to roughly 25 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. About 2.8 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 24 km from Saint-Boniface. Maniwaki lies 34 km off, Saint-Raphaël another 45 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Cinq Milles

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Lac des Cinq Milles to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -15°C to 18°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Lac des Cinq Milles.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lac Hay, 2.1 km out. What applies at Lac des Cinq Milles may have changed since it was mapped.