Etang du Moulin Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Lanaudière, Quebec, this is Etang du Moulin. Tidal water begins 34 km from here. With some 15 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 2.0 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. The nearest place of any size is Mandeville, 5.1 km away. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 60 km away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Etang du Moulin

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Etang du Moulin the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -13°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Etang du Moulin regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Lac Carufel is 1.6 km off. Check the position on Etang du Moulin before loading the car.