Fishing Lac du Corbeau in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  The Outaouais entry here is Lac du Corbeau, in Quebec. The land about it is pine and birch. With some 36 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 3.0 km of margin, front to back. It is among the larger waters listed here for Outaouais. The town to know is Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 15 km out. For a city, Orléans is 77 km off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Corbeau

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Lac du Corbeau before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Lac du Corbeau rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Petit lac du Corbeau is 0.8 km distant. What applies at Lac du Corbeau may have changed since it was mapped.