Fishing at Lac Sardon, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Sardon is one of the Outaouais waters in Quebec. Land around it is lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Boniface, 66 km away. After that come Ferme-Neuve at 77 km and Maniwaki at 78 km. Also within reach: Lac des Stigmas sits 0.7 km out, Lac Rainy (1.3 km), Lac de l'Aile sits 1.3 km out, Lac des Seize (1.6 km) and Lac Centriole sits 1.9 km out. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Sardon

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Lac Sardon a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -17°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Lac Sardon.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Lac des Stigmas, 0.7 km out. Signs at Lac Sardon carry more weight than any list.