Petit lac Murphy Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Petit lac Murphy, in Outaouais. The ground round it is lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The town to know is Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 16 km out. The nearest city of size is Orléans, 82 km away. This one is safely inside the county line. There are roughly five months where the mean sits under zero.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Murphy

  Depth figures are not published for this one. 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. Reported across Outaouais: pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. The near bank of Petit lac Murphy is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 19°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Petit lac Murphy.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac King sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Petit lac Murphy should be assumed from this page alone.