Fishing Lac Louise in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Louise is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. The surface lies 377 metres up. With some 18 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 2.1 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Some 61 km away sits Saint-Boniface, the nearest settlement. Maniwaki follows at 72 km, then Ferme-Neuve at 79 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Louise

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Lac Louise for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The season between ice runs from about early May to late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That is the shape of the year on Lac Louise.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Lac Joc is 0.8 km distant. Confirm access to Lac Louise locally before you travel.