Etang Peggy-Vic in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The Laurentides entry here is Etang Peggy-Vic, in Quebec. The water sits 263 metres up. You are 18 km from Brownsburg-Chatham. Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard follows at 22 km, then Morin-Heights at 23 km. More in the same country: Lac Bleu 0.5 km off, Lac Norman-Dewar near enough 0.9 km, Lac Rond 0.9 km off, Lac McRae near enough 1.2 km and Lac Gate 1.7 km off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Etang Peggy-Vic

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Take Etang Peggy-Vic a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -13°C in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Etang Peggy-Vic fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Expect 1.4 km away in from where the car goes. Mapping records toilets within 1.4 km. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Bleu is 0.5 km off. Confirm access to Etang Peggy-Vic locally before you travel.