Lac Priat Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Lac Priat. Elevation runs to 339 metres. At about 46 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 3.5 km on foot. Few waters listed in Outaouais are bigger. Saint-Boniface sits 71 km from the bank. For a city, Gatineau is 187 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Priat

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Priat gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 17°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Time your trip to Lac Priat by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac Bassan is 1.3 km off. Check the position on Lac Priat before loading the car.