Lac des Entretoises Fishing near Fort-Coulonge, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac des Entretoises lies in Outaouais, in Quebec. Around the bank it is mixed forest. The water covers some 32 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 2.8 km keeps the choices simple. On our Outaouais list it sits near the top for size. The town to know is Fort-Coulonge, 30 km out. Pembroke is 34 km away, with Petawawa at 35 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Entretoises

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Lac des Entretoises as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Expect Lac des Entretoises to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Lac Whetstone, 1.8 km away. Treat access at Lac des Entretoises as something to verify.