Fishing at Lac Susa, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Susa in Outaouais, Quebec. The bank gives way to rolling bush. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Saint-Boniface sits 62 km from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Maniwaki at 68 km and Saint-Raphaël at 72 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Susa

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Outaouais: pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Lac Susa is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 18°C in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Lac Susa more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Lac Dot, 1.1 km out. Treat Lac Susa as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.