Lac Bourget Fishing in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Laurentides, Quebec. Elevation runs to 245 metres. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Nearest place of any size is Rivière-Rouge, 13 km away. For a city, Orléans is 110 km off. Within easy reach: Lac Lafleche 0.7 km away, Le Violon 1 km off, Lac Saint-Joseph 1.7 km away, Lac Sainte-Marie 2.4 km off and Lac a Valiquette 2.6 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bourget

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Treat Lac Bourget as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -14°C for January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Lac Bourget rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Parking sits 650 m out, which makes for a walk with tackle. A camping area sits within 570 m of here. Public toilets are recorded roughly 750 m off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lac Lafleche at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position on Lac Bourget before loading the car.