Fishing at Lac a la Perche, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a la Perche is set in Laurentides, Quebec. The setting is spruce and muskeg on every side. At about 10 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 1.6 km of margin, front to back. Ferme-Neuve sits 86 km from the bank. It is 218 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. Near neighbours: Lac Henry 1.4 km, Lac MacArthur lies 2 km on, Lac Curey 2.4 km, Lac McLennan lies 2.4 km on and Lac Patten 2.8 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac a la Perche

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac a la Perche the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -17°C in January up to 17°C in July. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac a la Perche.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. 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. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Henry at 1.4 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm access to Lac a la Perche locally before you travel.