Lac au Pekan, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac au Pekan is one of the Lanaudière waters in Quebec. Elevation runs to 428 metres. At about 15 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 2.4 km, and most of it is walkable. Some 20 km away sits Saint-Michel-des-Saints, the nearest settlement. It is 113 km to Trois-Rivières, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Pekan

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Lanaudière cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Lac au Pekan a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lac au Pekan.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lac Creux, 0.7 km away. Signs at Lac au Pekan carry more weight than any list.