Fishing at Lac Pacey, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Pacey in the Outaouais part of Quebec. The setting is lake country bush on every side. At about 17 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 1.9 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Some 61 km away sits Saint-Boniface, the nearest settlement. Beyond it, Maniwaki at 73 km and Ferme-Neuve at 80 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Pacey

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Pacey light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -17°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Plan around that when you fish Lac Pacey.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Lac Joc is 0.5 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Pacey for certain.