Lac au Cheval, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac au Cheval lies within the bounds of Laurentides, Quebec. The surface lies 474 metres up. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. You are 46 km from Rivière-Rouge. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 144 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Near neighbours include: Lac Clos within 1.2 km, Lac Jules a touch under 1.2 km, Lac Pou within 1.5 km, Lac Vase a touch under 1.8 km and Lac du Baquet within 2.2 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Cheval

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac au Cheval fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -15°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac au Cheval runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Clos, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac au Cheval should be assumed from this page alone.