Fishing Lac Darrieu in Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Quebec holds Lac Darrieu, in Laurentides. It lies 301 metres above sea level. Lac-Simon is the closest town at 2.8 km. La Conception is 4.4 km and Mont-Tremblant 16 km. Neighbouring water: Lac Pignolet sits 1 km out, Petit lac Long at 1.2 km, Lac Deline sits 1.3 km out, Lac du Tapis de Mousse at 1.6 km and Lac Nono sits 1.8 km out. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac Darrieu

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Laurentides: pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Take Lac Darrieu a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Lac Darrieu regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lac Pignolet, 1 km away. None of that is settled for Lac Darrieu in what we hold.