Lac Caughlin Fishing near Pembroke, Quebec

• Overview

  Outaouais in Quebec is where Lac Caughlin sits. Elevation runs to 264 metres. Surface area is around 10 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 2.1 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. 20 km away sits Pembroke, the nearest town. It is 111 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Caughlin

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Caughlin gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 19°C, while January sits near -14°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Lac Caughlin.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. 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. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac Landon, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Lac Caughlin locally before you travel.