Lac du Corbeau Fishing near Saint-Boniface, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Corbeau is one of the Outaouais listings for Quebec. The surroundings are rolling bush. It measures some 1.54 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. Around 8.5 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. It ranks high for size among our Outaouais listings. For supplies, Saint-Boniface is 45 km out. Gatineau sits 152 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Corbeau

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The near bank of Lac du Corbeau is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Lac du Corbeau regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. A pier 230 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. There is a campsite 260 m from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Gilmore is 1.8 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac du Corbeau.