Fishing at Lac Lola, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Lola sits in Outaouais, out in Quebec. It stands 191 metres above sea level. With some 21 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 3.0 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. The closest town, Constance Bay, is 28 km distant. The big place round here is Gatineau, 47 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Lola

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac Lola gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -13°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Lac Lola regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lac Lauvignon is 1.1 km off. What applies at Lac Lola may have changed since it was mapped.