Lac de la Crecerelle in Lanaudière: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Crecerelle in Lanaudière, Quebec. It sits at 498 metres above sea level. 42 km away sits Saint-Michel-des-Saints, the nearest town. The nearest city of size is Trois-Rivières, 86 km away. What else is close: Lac de l'Eider near enough 1 km, Lac du Morillon at about 1.2 km, Lac des Libellules near enough 1.5 km, Lac Ephemere at about 1.5 km and Lac de l'Aiglon near enough 1.6 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Crecerelle

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Lanaudière names pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Lac de la Crecerelle the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -15°C in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lac de la Crecerelle.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. 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. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac de l'Eider, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lac de la Crecerelle, the notice at the access point is the final word.