Petit lac Lanthier Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Petit lac Lanthier. Elevation runs to 298 metres. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Outaouais list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 20 km away sits Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, the nearest settlement. Ripon is 28 km away, with Saint-André-Avellin at 35 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Lanthier

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Petit lac Lanthier the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Petit lac Lanthier.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac Lanthier is 0.7 km off. None of that is settled for Petit lac Lanthier in what we hold.