Lac Malaval Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Malaval belongs to Outaouais. The water sits 270 metres up. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Outaouais are larger. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Boniface, 30 km away. Maniwaki is 42 km away, with Ferme-Neuve at 54 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Malaval

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac Malaval responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Malaval regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Lac Palante is 0.7 km off. Rules at Lac Malaval are worth checking on the day.