Fishing Lac a Smith in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Laurentides, Lac a Smith is a Quebec water. The setting is mixed forest. Roughly 13 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 1.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. It lies lower than most water we list in Quebec. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Raphaël, 35 km away. Maniwaki is 44 km and Val-des-Monts 44 km. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lac a Smith

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Lac a Smith where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -13°C in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. At Lac a Smith the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Saint-Denis, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac a Smith if anything is unclear.