Lac Salomon Fishing near Saint-Boniface, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Salomon belongs to Outaouais, Quebec. It sits at 220 metres above sea level. At about 14 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 1.7 km, small enough to learn in a day. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Some 30 km away sits Saint-Boniface, the nearest settlement. Ferme-Neuve follows at 33 km, then Mont-Laurier at 37 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Salomon

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Lac Salomon the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Lac Salomon.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Lac Gervais, 1 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Salomon for certain.