Lac Long Fishing near Ripon, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Long in Outaouais, Quebec. The bank is 297 metres above sea level. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 2.4 km, and most of it is walkable. 8.1 km away sits Ripon, the nearest town. The nearest city of size is Orléans, 43 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Lac Long rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -13°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Lac Long more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac des Fees is 0.7 km distant. For Lac Long, the notice at the access point is the final word.