Lac Carre Fishing near Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, Quebec

• Overview

  The Lanaudière entry here is Lac Carre, in Quebec. The country round it is mixed forest from end to end. The closest town, Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, is 6.7 km distant. It is 41 km to Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, the nearest city. Near neighbours include: Lac Brun a shade over 1.4 km, Lac du Lapin at 1.6 km, Lac du Tapir a shade over 1.6 km, Lac Joseph-Lessard at 2.2 km and Lac Grenier a shade over 2.3 km. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Lac Carre

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac Carre the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -14°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Lac Carre regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lac Brun is 1.4 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Carre for certain.