Fishing at Lac de la Sente, Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac de la Sente in Laurentides, Quebec. The land about it is pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 4 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Some 13 km away sits La Minerve, the nearest settlement. Lac-Simon follows at 16 km, then Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel at 16 km. Alternatives close at hand: Lac Pichard out at 1.1 km, Lac Beta just 1.6 km, Lac des Cirses out at 1.8 km, Lac des Roches just 2 km and Lac Toupie out at 2.1 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Sente

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Laurentides records list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Work Lac de la Sente in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lac de la Sente runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lac Pichard is 1.1 km off. For Lac de la Sente, the notice at the access point is the final word.