Lac Soreau in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Soreau stands in Outaouais, Quebec. This is pine and birch country. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. You are 54 km from Deep River. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 182 km away. Also worth knowing: Lac des Hiboux within 1.5 km, Lac La Chaux just 1.9 km, Lac Santerre within 3.1 km, Lac Findlay just 3.3 km and Lac Billy within 4 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Soreau

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. 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. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Treat Lac Soreau as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Lac Soreau rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac des Hiboux is 1.5 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac Soreau.