Lac Ouaouaron Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Ouaouaron is listed under Laurentides, Quebec. It sits at 205 metres above sea level. 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. The nearest place of any size is Maniwaki, 30 km away. Beyond it, Mont-Laurier at 31 km and Saint-Raphaël at 31 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ouaouaron

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Lac Ouaouaron the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Lac Ouaouaron rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Lac Bouleau, 0.7 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Ouaouaron for certain.