Fishing at Lac Bunny, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Bunny in Laurentides, Quebec. The setting is taiga. The water covers some 47 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 3.7 km of margin, front to back. On our Laurentides list it sits near the top for size. You are 84 km from Ferme-Neuve. The big place round here is Gatineau, 218 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bunny

  We hold no depth figure for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Laurentides, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Lac Bunny is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 17°C and January near -17°C on the long-run figures. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Lac Bunny follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. 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. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. If the gate is shut, Lac Dobe at 1.1 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Lac Bunny.