Lac Hume, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac Hume. The bank is 370 metres above sea level. The water covers some 51 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 4.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. It is among the larger waters listed here for Laurentides. Ferme-Neuve is the closest place, 65 km off. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 192 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Hume

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lac Hume the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -17°C in January. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That shapes the year on Lac Hume.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Alma is 1.8 km off. Treat Lac Hume as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.