Fishing Lac au Foin in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  The Lanaudière end of Quebec holds Lac au Foin. It sits at 494 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lanaudière list. Saint-Michel-des-Saints is the closest place, 20 km off. After that come Mandeville at 38 km and Saint-Gabriel at 43 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Foin

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Read Lac au Foin before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -15°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Lac au Foin that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Lac du Brochet is 1.6 km off. Where Lac au Foin is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.