Lac Ricard Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Quebec, this is Lac Ricard. This is pine and birch country. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Shawville is the closest place, 28 km off. Beyond it, Wakefield at 29 km and Constance Bay at 29 km. Others close at hand: Lac a Gravel 1.7 km off, Lac Lola sits 1.7 km out, Lac Teeples 1.8 km off, Lac Kingsberry sits 2.2 km out and Lac Cariot 2.4 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ricard

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Lac Ricard light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 19°C and January near -13°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That shapes the year on Lac Ricard.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac a Gravel at 1.7 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Lac Ricard should be assumed from this page alone.