Fishing Lac de la Courbe in Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac de la Courbe is set in Lanaudière, Quebec. The surface lies 445 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. You are 10 km from Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson. Then Val-David, 13 km, and Val-Morin, 14 km. In the same area: Lac Oublie within 0.5 km, Lac Dore 0.5 km away, Lac du Boulder within 0.9 km, Lac des Esclaves 1 km away and Lac Seneca within 1.1 km. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Courbe

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Lanaudière, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Work Lac de la Courbe in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Lac de la Courbe rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. 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. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lac Oublie is 0.5 km off. Check the position at Lac de la Courbe before loading the car.