Fishing Lac aux Pins in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac aux Pins in Laurentides, Quebec. The sea is 32 km distant. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. For supplies, Morin-Heights is 9.6 km out. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 47 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Others within reach: Lac Perdu the better part of 0.5 km, Lac Henri out at 0.8 km, Lac en P the better part of 1 km, Lac Sylvain out at 1.1 km and Petit lac Long the better part of 1.2 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lac aux Pins

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac aux Pins gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -13°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac aux Pins runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Perdu is 0.5 km off. Check the position at Lac aux Pins before loading the car.