Lac McCord Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Quebec, this is Lac McCord. It sits at 308 metres above sea level. At about 22 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 2.6 km on foot. Saint-Boniface sits 63 km from here and is the nearest stop. Maniwaki lies 66 km off, Saint-Raphaël another 68 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac McCord

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac McCord that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -15°C in January up to 18°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Lac McCord rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Lac du Poste is 1.2 km distant. The position on Lac McCord is worth confirming on the day.