Lac des Ormes in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Lac des Ormes is a Quebec water. Everything around it is lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Outaouais are larger. The town to know is Val-des-Monts, 29 km out. Wakefield follows at 34 km, then Buckingham at 35 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Ormes

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Lac des Ormes the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -13°C in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac des Ormes.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac du Rouge-Gorge is 1.6 km distant. The position on Lac des Ormes is worth confirming on the day.