Lac Burroughs Fishing near Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Burroughs is a Capitale-Nationale water, in Quebec. It sits in rolling bush country. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Laurentides sits 9.7 km from the bank. La Tuque follows at 41 km, then Sainte-Thècle at 45 km. Nearest other option: Lac Lavery at 0.6 km, Lac Cargre the better part of 0.7 km, Lac Beauseron at 0.8 km, Lac Dumoulin the better part of 1.1 km and Lac Fou at 1.9 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Burroughs

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Capitale-Nationale list lake sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, longnose sucker and sauger. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Lac Burroughs the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Lac Burroughs fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lac Lavery sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position on Lac Burroughs before loading the car.