Fishing Lac Adele in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Adele falls inside Lanaudière. The setting is taiga. Start from Manawan, 37 km down the road. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 155 km off. Round about: Lac Maille the better part of 1.5 km, Lac Desjardins at 2 km, Lac Watson the better part of 2 km, Lac Saint-Laurent at 2 km and Lac Angelo the better part of 2.1 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Adele

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lac Adele gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Lac Adele.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac Maille is 1.5 km distant. Check the position at Lac Adele before loading the car.