Lac Urubu Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Urubu in Outaouais, Quebec. It sits in lake country bush country. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Nearest town is Saint-Boniface, 94 km off. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 204 km away. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Value lies 0.3 km on, Lac Vanadium just 0.6 km, Lac Arfons lies 0.7 km on, Lac Acquigny just 0.8 km and Lac Baladou lies 0.8 km on. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Urubu

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. The county list is broader than any single water. Anyone new to Lac Urubu should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -17°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Lac Urubu rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. You can camp 670 m off, which suits an early start. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Lac Value, 0.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Urubu may have changed since it was mapped.