Lac Auger, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Auger is a Lanaudière water, in Quebec. The water sits 496 metres up. It runs to roughly 57 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 4.3 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Lanaudière listings. Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm lies 24 km from the water. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 99 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Auger

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Lac Auger gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -15°C in January and 17°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Lac Auger by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Sibille at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. For Lac Auger in particular, ask before you travel.