Lac Long Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Outaouais, Quebec, you have Lac Long. It sits in pine and birch. It runs to roughly 31 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 3.9 km, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Outaouais are bigger. The closest town, Wakefield, is 12 km distant. Gatineau is the closest city, 35 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Long

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Outaouais cover pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac Long gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -13°C in January to roughly 19°C in July. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Lac Long.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac de la Punaise is 0.8 km distant. Confirm before you fish Lac Long.