Fishing Lac des Volucelles in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac des Volucelles in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec. Everything around it is rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Capitale-Nationale. The closest town, Laurentides, is 10 km distant. It is 92 km to Sainte-Foy, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac des Volucelles

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Capitale-Nationale cover lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker and sauger. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Lac des Volucelles where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 18°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Lac des Volucelles by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Cocon sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Lac des Volucelles before loading the car.