Lac du Tamier in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac du Tamier sits in Outaouais, out in Quebec. It sits in pine and birch country. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The closest town, Saint-Boniface, is 99 km away. Gatineau sits 204 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. More in the same country: Lac Haussimont 0.6 km, Lac de la Quete 0.6 km away, Lac Charencey 0.7 km, Lac de la Facade 1 km away and Lac Chancot 1.9 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Tamier

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work Lac du Tamier in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -16°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac du Tamier fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Haussimont is 0.6 km off. The position on Lac du Tamier is worth confirming on the day.