Lac Voisin Fishing in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Voisin in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec. This is rolling bush country. At roughly 7 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Laurentides sits 18 km from the bank. The big place round here is Sainte-Foy, 101 km distant. Also within reach: Lac du Loup some 0.3 km off, Lac Independant a touch under 0.5 km, Lac Fogh some 0.9 km off, Lac Jack a touch under 1.1 km and Lac Holmes some 1.3 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Voisin

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Capitale-Nationale names lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker, sauger and channel catfish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Lac Voisin the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -15°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac Voisin regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Walleye come to jigs worked slow near bottom, and to trolled crankbaits along the drops at dusk. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac du Loup is 0.3 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Voisin for certain.