Lac Quenotte, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Quenotte falls in Outaouais, part of Quebec. The surface lies 364 metres up. About 6 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. You are 99 km from Saint-Boniface. For a city, Gatineau is 206 km off. Water in the same corner: Lac Pomet near enough 0.9 km, Lac Blere a shade over 1 km, Lac Cazaux near enough 1.2 km, Lac Saiga a shade over 1.5 km and Lac Ladin near enough 1.7 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Quenotte

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Quenotte responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 17°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Lac Quenotte more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lac Pomet sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac Quenotte.