Lac au Faite Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac au Faite lies in Laurentides, Quebec. The water sits 416 metres up. The nearest place of any size is Ferme-Neuve, 87 km away. Gatineau sits 221 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. More in the same country: Lac Cyr a touch under 0.8 km, Lac Benson at 1.4 km, Lac Bonneau a touch under 1.6 km, Lac du Roi des Forets at 1.9 km and Lac de l'Abenaquis a touch under 1.9 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Faite

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Lac au Faite the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 17°C in July. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Lac au Faite.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lac Cyr is 0.8 km distant. Confirm access to Lac au Faite locally before you travel.