Lac du Diablotin Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Diablotin in Outaouais, Quebec. The country round it is mixed forest from end to end. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Outaouais list. Start from Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 18 km down the road. Beyond it, Ripon at 20 km and Saint-André-Avellin at 28 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Diablotin

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Read Lac du Diablotin for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac du Diablotin follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Failing this one, try Lac de la Gelinotte, 0.7 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lac du Diablotin.