Lac Choquette Fishing near Manawan, Quebec

• Overview

  Lanaudière, Quebec, is where Lac Choquette sits. The water sits 444 metres up. Surface area runs to roughly 1.19 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. There is roughly 9.3 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Size puts it in the front rank of our Lanaudière list. Manawan sits 6.3 km from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Saint-Michel-des-Saints at 68 km and Rivière-Rouge at 90 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Choquette

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lac Choquette the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Lac Choquette.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Lac Bertrand, 2.7 km away. Nothing on Lac Choquette should be assumed from this page alone.