Petit lac Wellie, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Petit lac Wellie sits in Outaouais, out in Quebec. This is rolling bush ground. A pocket of water where every cast reaches cover. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Outaouais. Head to Deep River, 52 km away, for anything you forgot. Gatineau sits 156 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Petit lac Wellie

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Petit lac Wellie the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -14°C to 18°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Petit lac Wellie rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac Trillium at 1 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Petit lac Wellie is worth confirming on the day.