Lac Ananonta Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Ananonta is one of the Lanaudière listings for Quebec. The ground round it is mixed forest. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For supplies, Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm is 29 km out. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 105 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Ananonta

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lac Ananonta the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -15°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Lac Ananonta.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Lac Herran sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Lac Ananonta locally before you travel.