Fishing Lac Charron in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Charron is a Laurentides water, Quebec side. Around the bank it is lake country bush. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. The nearest town is Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, 37 km away. Saint-Raphaël is 43 km away, with Val-des-Monts at 43 km. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Charron

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Lac Charron responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 18°C in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lac Charron rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac a la Vase sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lac Charron may have changed since it was mapped.