Fishing at Lac Caisse, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Caisse falls in Lanaudière, part of Quebec. The water sits 345 metres up. It runs to roughly 52 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 4.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. On our Lanaudière list it sits near the top for size. Start from Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, 23 km down the road. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne sits 86 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Caisse

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Lac Caisse in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -14°C to 18°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Plan around that when you fish Lac Caisse.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. 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. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac Bianais, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Caisse may have changed since it was mapped.