Fishing at Lac aux Cedres, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac aux Cedres in Laurentides, Quebec. The land about it is northern bush. With some 48 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With 10 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Laurentides are bigger. Nearest town is Ferme-Neuve, 77 km off. For a city, Gatineau is 210 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Cedres

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Lac aux Cedres repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 17°C in July. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Lac aux Cedres fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Easter sits 3.1 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Lac aux Cedres should be assumed from this page alone.