Lac Colibri in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Colibri is listed under Laurentides, Quebec. The ground around here is rolling bush. About 6 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Some 14 km away sits Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, the nearest settlement. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 69 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Colibri

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Work Lac Colibri in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -14°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac Colibri.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Lac Barbotte is 1.4 km distant. Rules at Lac Colibri are worth checking on the day.