Fishing at Lac chez Medee, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Lac chez Medee is a Quebec water. It lies 186 metres above sea level. Around 11 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. With about 1.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. Head to Saint-Raphaël, 11 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Maniwaki, 24 km, and Saint-Boniface, 35 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac chez Medee

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Outaouais records list pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Lac chez Medee that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 19°C, the coldest about -14°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Lac chez Medee rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is somewhere to leave the car, 420 m off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lac Fortin, 0.6 km away. Where Lac chez Medee is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.