Lac Cana Fishing in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Lanaudière, Quebec. It sits at 495 metres above sea level. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Supplies mean a trip to Manawan, 36 km off. The big place round here is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 140 km distant. Within a short drive: Lac Muloin at about 1.5 km, Lac Seal a touch under 1.8 km, Lac Veauce at about 1.9 km, Lac des Maringouins a touch under 2.2 km and Lac Quintin at about 2.2 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cana

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Lanaudière include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lac Cana the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That shapes the year on Lac Cana.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lac Muloin is 1.5 km distant. Ask locally about Lac Cana if anything is unclear.