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

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac a Lapointe, in Laurentides. Height above sea level is 267 metres. Start from Rivière-Rouge, 7.7 km down the road. Labelle follows at 20 km, then La Minerve at 26 km. Other water nearby: Lac Inconnu 1.1 km off, Lac Chaud 1.6 km away, Petit lac Rond 2.3 km off, LacLatulippe 3.5 km away and Lac Malo 3.9 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Lapointe

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Laurentides, recorded fish 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 Lapointe light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Lac a Lapointe regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac Inconnu, 1.1 km away. Treat access at Lac a Lapointe as something to verify.