Lac Grenet Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Grenet is an Outaouais water, in Quebec. The ground round it is pine and birch. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Head to Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 2.8 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Ripon, 26 km, and La Minerve, 29 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Grenet

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The shape of Lac Grenet rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Lac Grenet the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. 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. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Lac Hughes, 1 km out. For Lac Grenet, the notice at the access point is the final word.