Petit lac Menard Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Petit lac Menard in Outaouais, Quebec. Elevation runs to 227 metres. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Shawville is the closest town at 25 km. Further out sit Constance Bay (27 km) and Wakefield (30 km). What else is close: Petit lac a Yetts some 0.5 km off, 0.9 km away is Lac a Yetts, Lac des Trois Monts some 1.8 km off, 3.2 km away is Lac a Beausoleil and Lac Lauvignon some 3.3 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Menard

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Petit lac Menard that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 19°C, with January the cold end at about -13°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Petit lac Menard by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Petit lac a Yetts is 0.5 km distant. Ask locally about Petit lac Menard if anything is unclear.