Fishing Lac Mute in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Mute in Outaouais, Quebec. The water sits 231 metres up. With some 15 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 1.9 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. The nearest place of any size is Saint-Boniface, 35 km away. Maniwaki lies 39 km off, Saint-Raphaël another 44 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Mute

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Mute gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -15°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Lac Mute more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Larche, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Lac Mute.