Lac Spence Fishing in Outaouais, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Outaouais, Lac Spence is a Quebec water. Elevation runs to 286 metres. Around 24 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. With about 3.1 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Saint-Raphaël sits 32 km from the bank. Beyond it, Maniwaki at 40 km and Saint-Boniface at 46 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Spence

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Outaouais, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac Spence decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Lac Spence runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Emro, 1.7 km away. Rules at Lac Spence are worth checking on the day.