Lac a Antoine in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Laurentides, Lac an Antoine is a Quebec water. What surrounds it is lake country bush. Maniwaki lies 23 km from the water. Further out sit Saint-Raphaël (26 km) and Mont-Laurier (31 km). Near neighbours include: Lac Vert 1.3 km away, Lac de la Vase a touch under 1.3 km, Lac a la Carpe 1.6 km away, Lac a Bisson a touch under 1.6 km and Lac Manitou 2.1 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Antoine

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Lac an Antoine as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -14°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Plan around that when you fish Lac an Antoine.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Vert at 1.3 km is the nearest alternative. The position on Lac an Antoine is worth confirming on the day.