Lac Bone in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Bone is one of the Lanaudière waters in Quebec. Height above sea level is 414 metres. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Manawan, 27 km away. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 190 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Water in the same corner: Lac Waterloo at 3.4 km, Lac Owl 3.5 km off, Lac Mouse at 4.3 km, Lac Dix Minutes 4.4 km off and Lac Hump at 5.7 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bone

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Lac Bone in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lac Bone.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Waterloo is 3.4 km distant. Treat Lac Bone as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.