Lac a Foster near Shawville: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Lac a Foster is an Outaouais water, Quebec side. Height above sea level is 213 metres. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The full circuit measures close to 2.0 km on foot. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. The town to know is Shawville, 34 km out. Gatineau is the closest city, 57 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Foster

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lac a Foster the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 19°C and January near -13°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Lac a Foster fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Georges, 2.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac a Foster are worth checking on the day.