Lac Perroquet in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lac Perroquet in the Outaouais part of Quebec. The bank gives way to spruce and muskeg. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Saint-Boniface is the closest place, 77 km off. Ferme-Neuve lies 77 km off, Mont-Laurier another 87 km. More in the same country: Lac Harpe sits 0.6 km out, Lac Buken just 0.6 km, Lac Radius sits 0.7 km out, Lac Orbite just 0.8 km and Lac Meteorite sits 1.1 km out. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Perroquet

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac Perroquet repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -17°C for January. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate figures give an open season running early May to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That shapes the year on Lac Perroquet.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Lac Harpe, 0.6 km away. Treat Lac Perroquet as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.