Lac Fleury Fishing near Deep River, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Fleury is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. The setting is pine and birch. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. For supplies, Deep River is 14 km out. Further out sit Chalk River (23 km) and Petawawa (40 km). Nearby alternatives: Lac Gabriel near enough 1.1 km, Lac Crutch about 1.1 km, Lac Georges near enough 1.5 km, Lac Rock about 1.6 km and Lac Latour near enough 2.3 km. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Lac Fleury

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Take Lac Fleury a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac Fleury rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. 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. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Gabriel is 1.1 km distant. For Lac Fleury in particular, ask before you travel.