Fishing Lac Robinson in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Robinson is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. The surroundings are lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 10 hectares — small enough to read in one session. For supplies, Saint-Boniface is 69 km out. Maniwaki is 75 km away, with Saint-Raphaël at 80 km. Near neighbours include: Lac Reid a touch under 1.4 km, Lac Gelon about 1.5 km, Lac Hamer a touch under 2.8 km, Lac Brennan about 3.1 km and Lac Lydia a touch under 3.4 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Robinson

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac Robinson the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lac Robinson.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Reid at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Lac Robinson if anything is unclear.