Lac Leblanc in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Leblanc lies in Outaouais, in Quebec. The surface lies 201 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 6 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Constance Bay is the closest town at 14 km. Wakefield follows at 24 km, then Arnprior at 27 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Leblanc

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Treat Lac Leblanc as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -12°C to 19°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac Leblanc.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. You can camp about 270 m away, going by the mapping. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Lac Ben is 1.7 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Leblanc.