Lac Cannon in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Cannon is a Laurentides water, Quebec side. Everything around it is rolling bush. Roughly 26 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 3.2 km of margin, front to back. It ranks high for size among our Laurentides listings. Head to La Conception, 15 km away, for anything you forgot. Lac-Simon is 16 km away, with Mont-Tremblant at 25 km. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cannon

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Laurentides cover pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Cannon the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -14°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Lac Cannon follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lac Iroquois is 1.5 km off. Confirm before you fish Lac Cannon.