Lac des Quatre Chemins Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac des Quatre Chemins belongs to Outaouais. The water sits 177 metres up. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Ripon lies 2.9 km from the water. Saint-André-Avellin follows at 7.6 km, then Papineauville at 19 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Quatre Chemins

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac des Quatre Chemins fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -13°C in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Lac des Quatre Chemins rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Belisle, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac des Quatre Chemins.