Lac Turcotte Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Lac Turcotte. The setting is lake country bush. With some 65 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Some 8.7 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It is among the larger waters listed here for Outaouais. Saint-Boniface sits 61 km from here and is the nearest stop. Maniwaki lies 70 km off, Saint-Raphaël another 78 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Turcotte

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Lac Turcotte to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -16°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Lac Turcotte.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Flora is 0.9 km off. Check the position at Lac Turcotte before loading the car.