Lac du Fatras, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lac du Fatras in the Outaouais part of Quebec. It lies 374 metres above sea level. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Some 60 km away sits Saint-Boniface, the nearest settlement. Maniwaki is 72 km and Ferme-Neuve 80 km. Others worth noting: Lac Snell at 0.7 km, Lac Joc within 0.8 km, Lac Louise at 0.8 km, Lac Pacey within 1.3 km and Lac Guimot at 1.3 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Fatras

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lac du Fatras the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Expect Lac du Fatras to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Snell, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac du Fatras are worth checking on the day.