Lac a McKay Fishing near Shawville, Quebec

• Overview

  The Outaouais end of Quebec holds Lac a McKay. Everything around it is rolling bush. It runs to roughly 10 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 1.3 km of margin, front to back. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. The nearest town is Shawville, 11 km away. Fort-Coulonge is 26 km away, with Renfrew at 30 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac a McKay

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Outaouais names pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Anyone new to Lac a McKay should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -13°C to 19°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. From about late April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Lac a McKay regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac an Elliott is 0.5 km off. Ask locally about Lac a McKay if anything is unclear.