Fishing Lac du Macareux in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Quebec, this is Lac du Macareux. Elevation runs to 374 metres. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Outaouais are larger. For supplies, Ripon is 26 km out. Further out sit Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (26 km) and Saint-André-Avellin (32 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Macareux

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Lac du Macareux for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lac du Macareux follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lac des Cedres, 0.7 km out. Nothing on Lac du Macareux should be assumed from this page alone.