Etang Perdu Fishing near Magog, Quebec

• Overview

  Etang Perdu stands in Estrie, Quebec. It stands 295 metres above sea level. Head to Magog, 11 km away, for anything you forgot. Beyond it, Rock Forest at 13 km and Valcourt at 20 km. Not far off: Lac a la Truite 2.1 km away, Etang de la Cuvette roughly 2.4 km, Lac Fraser 2.6 km away, Etang de l'Ours roughly 3.8 km and Etang Martin 3.9 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Etang Perdu

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Estrie include rainbow trout, white sucker, pumpkinseed and brook trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Take Etang Perdu a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -11°C in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Etang Perdu runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac a la Truite is 2.1 km distant. For Etang Perdu in particular, ask before you travel.