Lac Ray Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Outaouais, Quebec, is where Lac Ray sits. It lies 232 metres above sea level. At about 22 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.9 km, and most of it is walkable. For supplies, Fort-Coulonge is 27 km out. Then Shawville, 38 km, and Saint-Raphaël, 46 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ray

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. 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. Work Lac Ray in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 19°C and January near -13°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Lac Ray follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Lac Murray is 0.9 km distant. Signs at Lac Ray carry more weight than any list.