Fishing at Lac aux Herbes, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac aux Herbes, in Lanaudière. The bank is 438 metres above sea level. It measures about 74 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Size puts it in the front rank of our Lanaudière list. Nearest place of any size is Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, 28 km away. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 104 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Herbes

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Lanaudière: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Lac aux Herbes a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac aux Herbes follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Petit lac aux Herbes sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Lac aux Herbes.