Lac Green Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Green lies in Outaouais, Quebec. The bank gives way to mixed forest. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 2.1 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Raphaël, 34 km away. Gatineau sits 84 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Green

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac Green repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Lac Green.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac du Bouleau is 0.8 km off. Check the position at Lac Green before loading the car.