Lac du Bihoreau Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Bihoreau falls in Outaouais, part of Quebec. The surface lies 351 metres up. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Outaouais list. For a base, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel sits 18 km out. After that come Ripon at 21 km and Saint-André-Avellin at 28 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Bihoreau

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac du Bihoreau the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Lac du Bihoreau fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac du Diablotin, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lac du Bihoreau in what we hold.