Fishing Lac McColgan in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac McColgan sits within Outaouais in Quebec. It sits at 217 metres above sea level. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. About 1.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Quebec listings. The closest town, Wakefield, is 31 km distant. Then Shawville, 36 km, and Constance Bay, 37 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac McColgan

  We hold no depth figure for this one. 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. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Lac McColgan fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 19°C on average, January about -13°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That is the shape of the year on Lac McColgan.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac Lunam is 0.6 km distant. Treat access at Lac McColgan as something to verify.