Lac La Freniere Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac La Freniere stands in Outaouais, Quebec. The bank is 166 metres above sea level. With some 29 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 3.3 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. The nearest place of any size is Fort-Coulonge, 8.2 km away. Cobden is 34 km and Pembroke 34 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac La Freniere

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac La Freniere repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 19°C for July and -13°C for January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It holds true on Lac La Freniere more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Recorded parking is 1.3 km off, far enough to travel light. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Lac Bertrand, 1.8 km out. Nothing on Lac La Freniere should be assumed from this page alone.