Lac de la Grosse, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac de la Grosse is a Lanaudière water, Quebec side. The water sits 452 metres up. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Lanaudière standards. Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm sits 8.8 km from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, 85 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Grosse

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Lanaudière records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lac de la Grosse to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That is the shape of the year on Lac de la Grosse.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Mapping shows a jetty some 1.4 km off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Lac Provost at 1.5 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Lac de la Grosse in what we hold.