Fishing Lac du Tangon in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac du Tangon is an Outaouais water, in Quebec. Elevation runs to 386 metres. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Outaouais. Saint-Boniface sits 51 km from here and is the nearest stop. Gatineau sits 160 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Tangon

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Read Lac du Tangon before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -16°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Lac du Tangon rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Greffard, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Lac du Tangon for certain.