Lac du Bois Franc Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Bois Franc lies in Outaouais, Quebec. It sits at 203 metres above sea level. At about 16 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. Val-des-Monts is the closest town at 8.3 km. Then Buckingham, 13 km, and Templeton-Est, 18 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Bois Franc

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names 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. Lac du Bois Franc repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -12°C and July at about 19°C, the water has a wide range to work through. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Lac du Bois Franc rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Lynch is 0.6 km distant. Ask locally about Lac du Bois Franc if anything is unclear.