Fishing Lac Carre in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Carre falls inside Laurentides. The surroundings are mixed forest. Start from Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, 3.5 km down the road. Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is the closest city, 54 km away. Within a short drive: Lac Cusson some 0.7 km off, Lac la Grosse 0.7 km off, Lac Vingt Sous some 0.7 km off, Lac Chantal 1.4 km off and Lac Huguette some 1.6 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lac Carre

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Laurentides names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Carre the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Lac Carre rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. A carry of 760 m from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. A jetty or pier is mapped about 660 m from here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Lac Cusson, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Carre may have changed since it was mapped.