Lac Alevin Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Laurentides, Lac Alevin is a Quebec water. This is pine and birch country. At roughly 3 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Laurentides are larger. The town to know is Ferme-Neuve, 62 km out. Saint-Boniface is 72 km and Mont-Laurier 74 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Alevin

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Lac Alevin is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Lac Alevin regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Blais sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac Alevin.