Lac de la Lune in Laurentides: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Laurentides, Quebec, you have Lac de la Lune. Beyond the shoreline you have lake country bush. The water measures roughly 6 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Maniwaki is the closest place, 18 km off. Gatineau is the closest city, 94 km away. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Lune

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brook trout and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Lac de la Lune decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -14°C at the bottom of winter. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Lac de la Lune fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lac Brosseau, 0.5 km away. Treat Lac de la Lune as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.