Lac Barly near Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Lac Barly stands in Laurentides, Quebec. Height above sea level is 294 metres. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Laurentides are larger. Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel lies 23 km from the water. For a city, Orléans is 72 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Barly

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Lac Barly for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -14°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Time your trip to Lac Barly by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac des Perots, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lac Barly are worth checking on the day.