Fishing at Petit lac aux Vers, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac aux Vers sits in Outaouais, out in Quebec. The bank is 294 metres above sea level. Around 26 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. A shoreline of some 3.0 km keeps the choices simple. Head to Chalk River, 29 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Deep River, 30 km, and Petawawa, 30 km. Round about: Lac Droege 1.2 km off, Lac Cuthbert within 1.4 km, Lac du Moineau 1.6 km off, Lac aux Vers within 2 km and Lac Harty 2 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac aux Vers

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Read Petit lac aux Vers for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Petit lac aux Vers more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. 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. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Droege at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Petit lac aux Vers should be assumed from this page alone.