Lac Harvey Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Outaouais, Quebec. This is rolling bush ground. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. You are 21 km from Saint-Boniface. Maniwaki is 30 km and Saint-Raphaël 39 km. What else is close: Lac du Butor 1.5 km off, 1.6 km out stands Lac Gippaw, Lac Mulligan 2.6 km off, 2.9 km out stands Lac Caroline and Lac Jones 3.1 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Harvey

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac Harvey where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -15°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Lac Harvey more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Lac du Butor at 1.5 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Lac Harvey should be assumed from this page alone.