Lac Rouge Fishing near Ferme-Neuve, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Rouge is a Laurentides water, in Quebec. It sits at 264 metres above sea level. With some 87 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The margin runs to about 16 km in total. Size puts it in the front rank of our Laurentides list. Ferme-Neuve is the closest town at 18 km. For a city, Gatineau is 151 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Rouge

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Lac Rouge for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 18°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Lac Rouge the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac Keffer is 1.5 km off. Nothing on Lac Rouge should be assumed from this page alone.