Fishing Lac Arlet in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Arlet is set in Laurentides, Quebec. The setting is rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Laurentides. Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel is the closest town at 20 km. The nearest city of size is Orléans, 75 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Arlet

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Laurentides list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Lac Arlet the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Lac Arlet.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lac Peas, 1.4 km away. Check the current arrangement for Lac Arlet.