Lac Kennedy Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Kennedy is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. The water sits 354 metres up. Surface area runs to roughly 1.24 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. The perimeter runs near 10 km, so plan the walk before you start. It is among the larger waters listed here for Outaouais. Saint-Boniface is the closest place, 81 km off. Maniwaki is 89 km away, with Deep River at 92 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Kennedy

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Treat Lac Kennedy as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Lac Kennedy more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Fidder is 3.4 km distant. None of that is settled for Lac Kennedy in what we hold.