Lac du Pin Rouge Fishing near Fort-Coulonge, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac du Pin Rouge in Outaouais, Quebec. The country here is rolling bush. About 9 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. You are 19 km from Fort-Coulonge. Beyond it, Pembroke at 38 km and Cobden at 44 km. If this one is busy: Lac Long some 0.8 km off, Lac De Rouin a touch under 1 km, Lac Laporte some 2.7 km off, Lac Gibson a touch under 3.2 km and Lac Davis some 3.2 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Pin Rouge

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac du Pin Rouge before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -14°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Lac du Pin Rouge follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Long, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lac du Pin Rouge in what we hold.