Lac Boivin Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Out in Laurentides, Quebec, sits Lac Boivin. It sits at 382 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The nearest place of any size is Mont-Tremblant, 10 km away. Labelle follows at 17 km, then La Conception at 21 km. Within a short run: Lac Bernard after 1.9 km, Lac Chat within 2.1 km, Lac Bagsly after 2.4 km, Lac aux Atocas within 2.6 km and Lac Racine after 2.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Boivin

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Lac Boivin gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -14°C in January and 17°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Lac Boivin.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lac Bernard is 1.9 km off. Confirm access to Lac Boivin locally before you travel.