Lac Aragot in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Laurentides, Quebec, is where Lac Aragot sits. It lies 299 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The nearest town is La Minerve, 6.8 km away. It is 99 km to Orléans, the nearest city. Within a short run: Lac Goujon lies 0.6 km on, Lac Vaseux after 0.7 km, Lac Gaston lies 1.2 km on, Lac Myre after 1.3 km and Lac Napoleon lies 1.7 km on. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Aragot

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Lac Aragot gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 18°C in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Lac Aragot fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac Goujon, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Aragot should be assumed from this page alone.