Lac Perdu Fishing near Deep River, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Lac Perdu. It sits at 292 metres above sea level. With some 21 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 2.4 km, small enough to learn in a day. The town to know is Deep River, 28 km out. Further out sit Chalk River (38 km) and Petawawa (56 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perdu

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lac Perdu to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -14°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lac Perdu that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Lac Caspary is 1.2 km off. Signs at Lac Perdu carry more weight than any list.