Lac Clarens Fishing Guide, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac Clarens. It sits at 435 metres above sea level. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. You are 29 km from Rivière-Rouge. For a city, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne is 111 km off. Near neighbours include: Lac Salaise lies 1.3 km on, Lac des Bois (2 km), Lac Prunier lies 2.3 km on, Lac Monique (2.6 km) and Lac Ambert lies 2.9 km on. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Clarens

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Laurentides include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lac Clarens is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Clarens.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lac Salaise, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Lac Clarens if anything is unclear.