Lac Lanriec Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lanriec is one of the Outaouais waters in Quebec. The water sits 258 metres up. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. Saint-Boniface is the closest town at 40 km. For a city, Gatineau is 152 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lanriec

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac Lanriec is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Lac Lanriec.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. You can launch from a ramp around 1.2 km away. You can camp 1.3 km off, which suits an early start. Public toilets are recorded roughly 1.3 km off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Lac Logue is 2.4 km distant. Signs at Lac Lanriec carry more weight than any list.