Fishing at Lac du Basset, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Basset is one of the Outaouais waters in Quebec. It sits at 393 metres above sea level. A pocket of water where every cast reaches cover. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. 63 km away sits Saint-Boniface, the nearest town. Gatineau is the closest city, 179 km away. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Centaure sits 0.2 km out, 1.3 km away is Lac Dangeau, Lac Scalpel sits 1.4 km out, 1.4 km away is Lac Cuzy and Lac Stylet sits 1.5 km out. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Basset

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The shape of Lac du Basset decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Lac du Basset.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Centaure, 0.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Lac du Basset is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.