Petit lac du Lot Neuf in Outaouais: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Petit lac du Lot Neuf is one of the Outaouais waters in Quebec. Around the bank it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Ripon, 9.5 km off. Saint-André-Avellin is 11 km away, with Thurso at 16 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac du Lot Neuf

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Outaouais list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Anyone new to Petit lac du Lot Neuf should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -13°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Petit lac du Lot Neuf.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Lac Raymond at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Petit lac du Lot Neuf as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.