Lac a l'Ange Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac a l'Ange is a Laurentides water, in Quebec. The land about it is mixed forest. Head to Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 12 km away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit La Minerve (17 km) and Lac-Simon (19 km). Within a short drive: Petit lac du Diable at about 0.7 km, Lac Rouge 1.3 km off, Lac aux Chats at about 1.9 km, Lac des Cirses 2.3 km off and Lac du Volis at about 2.3 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac a l'Ange

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Lac a l'Ange the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac a l'Ange regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Petit lac du Diable is 0.7 km distant. Treat Lac a l'Ange as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.