Petit lac du Lievre Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Petit lac du Lievre is one of the Outaouais listings for Quebec. The setting is mixed forest. It runs to roughly 31 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The full circuit measures close to 3.0 km on foot. It ranks high for size among our Outaouais listings. Some 53 km away sits Deep River, the nearest settlement. Gatineau sits 196 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Lievre

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Petit lac du Lievre should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 18°C and January near -14°C on the long-run figures. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Petit lac du Lievre more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Poiriot, 3.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Petit lac du Lievre in what we hold.