Lac Duby in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Lac Duby. Around the bank it is mixed forest. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The closest town, Deep River, is 44 km distant. Gatineau sits 192 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Neighbouring water: Lac Duchesne 0.9 km, Lac Dryander a touch under 1.5 km, Lac Clement 1.8 km, Lac Mooney a touch under 2.1 km and Lac Petit 2.4 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Duby

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac Duby the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Lac Duby.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Duchesne at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Lac Duby locally before you travel.