Lac MacLarens Fishing Guide, Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac MacLarens falls inside Outaouais. The bank is 262 metres above sea level. Small at around 4 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Outaouais are larger. The closest town, Val-des-Monts, is 27 km away. The big place round here is Gatineau, 46 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac MacLarens

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Outaouais include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac MacLarens rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 19°C and January near -13°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Lac MacLarens the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lac Woodstock is 2.2 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac MacLarens for certain.