Lac a Foin Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a Foin is a Laurentides water, Quebec side. This is mixed forest country. Some 32 km away sits Ferme-Neuve, the nearest settlement. Gatineau sits 161 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Near neighbours: Lac Blois near enough 1.3 km, Lac Grenier a touch under 1.5 km, Lac Gratton near enough 1.6 km, Lac Derome a touch under 2.8 km and Petit lac Derome near enough 3.6 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Foin

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac a Foin the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -15°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac a Foin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac Blois, 1.3 km away. Rules at Lac a Foin are worth checking on the day.